The functions and duties of the Authority shall be as follows: –
(a) To provide suggestions to Government of Nepal on the policy, plan and programme to be adopted by Government of Nepal for the development of the Telecommunications Service.
(b) To make the Telecommunications Service reliable and easily available to the public.
(c) To make necessary arrangement to avail basic telecommunications Service and facilities in all rural and urban areas throughout the Nepal.
(d) To involve the national and foreign private sector investors in the  operation of the Telecommunications Service.
(e) To make arrangement for the coordination and healthy competition among the persons providing Telecommunications Service and facilities, so as to provide such service and facilities to all public in
general.
(f) To prescribe, fix and approve the standard and quality standard of the plant and equipment relating to the Telecommunications and the Telecommunications Service.
(g) To regularise and systematize Telecommunications Service
(h) To grant the license to operate the telecommunications service ….. 4
(i) To approve and regularise the fees to be collected by a person having
obtained Licence for providing the Telecommunications Service.
(j) To perform the functions relating to the frequency in accordance with the policy determined by the Radio Frequency Policy Determination Committee.
(k) To carry out or cause to carry out the research about the development and use of new technology in the field of Telecommunications.
(l) To cause to develop the skilled human resource for the Telecommunications Sector.
(m) To develop and extend or ca use to develop and extended the Telecommunications Service in such a way that it protects the rights and interests of the consumers.
(n) To develop or cause to develops Nepal as an International Transit for Telecommunications.
(o) To carry out necessary and appropriate functions for the development and promotion of the Telecommunications Service.