Telecommunication, Media and Technology Law
The telecommunication, media and technology sector moves faster than most areas of law and rewards lawyers who keep pace with it. Our work spans telecom, broadcasting, entertainment, fintech, data protection and privacy, e-commerce, online gaming, artificial intelligence, health tech, digital mapping, drones and robotics. We advise telecom network operators and service providers, cable and satellite operators, broadcasters, film and television producers, software and hardware companies, outsourcing firms and e-commerce businesses operating in Nepal and abroad.
The Legal Framework
Telecommunications runs through the Telecommunications Act, 2053 (1997), which requires any operator of a telecommunications service to hold a licence from the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), the body that sets licensing terms, approves service charges and regulates the sector. Licences are issued for defined terms, and the regime continues to evolve, with reform proposals moving toward unified licensing structures.
Broadcasting sits under the National Broadcasting Act, 2049 (1993), which governs radio and television licences separately. Technology and e-commerce matters draw on the Electronic Transactions Act, 2063 (2006), covering digital signatures, electronic records and cyber offences, while data protection questions engage Nepal’s privacy legislation and sector-specific directives.
What makes the sector difficult is not any single statute. A fintech app, a streaming platform or an AI-driven health tool can sit under three or four regulatory regimes at once, each administered by a different authority and each capable of stalling a launch if overlooked.
What We Do
- Regulatory advisory and licensing: NTA telecom licences, broadcasting licences and sector-specific approvals for fintech, e-commerce and data-driven services.
- Transaction support: mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, technology licensing and investment transactions, with regulatory issues flagged early.
- Contracts: service agreements, distribution and content licensing agreements, technology transfer agreements and data processing arrangements.
- Regulatory engagement with regulators, government bodies and policymakers on behalf of clients.
- Dispute resolution: contractual, regulatory and licensing disputes before the courts and arbitration tribunals.
Who We Represent
Our client range lets us combine local regulatory knowledge with an understanding of how international clients expect deals in this space to be structured, closing the gap between the two.
