Ncell launches Facebook Pack

KATHMANDU, NOV 07 -

Ncell has launched a new data pack targeting its customers who use Facebook on their mobile handsets. The “Facebook Pack” enables customers to access Facebook at as low as 50 paisa per MB.

This is the first application-based service package made available by any operator in the domestic market. The pack is coming into effect from Thursday. It will give customers a choice of subscribing to data service for Facebook only.

According to Ncell , the pack will be available on daily, weekly and monthly bases and customers can subscribe to any one of them as per their requirement. The 10-MB daily pack is priced at Rs 9 (exclusive of taxes) and it will be valid for 24 hours. Subscribing to a weekly pack of 70 MB will cost Rs 49.

Customers can also buy a monthly pack at Rs 149 and use 300 MB data. The packs are available for all Facebook applications downloaded from the Apple App Store, Google Play and the Facebook website itself.

After subscribing to the pack, customers can use the data for updating status, chatting and sending message, uploading photos and videos, post comment and like, and check in and stream videos embedded inside Facebook.

As the pack is valid for Facebook only, browsing other sites, which can also occur by clicking on links on Facebook, will be charged at regular Ncell rates, according to Ncell . Likewise, the use of Facebook after the expiry of the pack will also be charged at regular Ncell rates.

Ncell has said customers can activate the Facebook pack by dialing *17115# or dialing 17115.

Facebook is a popular social networking site in Nepal and over 2.2 million Nepali are using it. “The Facebook pack will empower our customers by enabling them to be in touch with people they like and express themselves at reasonable rates. This will bring great benefits to all facebook lovers,” said Sanju Koirala, corporate communications director at Ncell .

Source: The Kathmandu Post