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See Information and Communication Technology in Nepal updated in 2007. An earlier presentation about the internet connectivity in Nepal can be found here. Recently Nepal Telecom struck a deal with Indian BSNL Indian VSNL so now the land locked Nepal will have access via optical fibre. It will (expected project execution date, end 2007) run 900km East-West along the Anriko highway with 16 nodes between Kathmandu and Tatopani. There are plans for 115km link to China which will provide a second international access link. But still most of the sites are on VSAT. Here is the complete story. Some initial projects are being planned for the New Fiber (the first one probably be on IPv6) - but it's being monopolized by the incumbent telcos on both sides (Nepal telecom and BSNL). The application for fiber connection between Bharati BT India and Nepal telecom as well as between private operators is stuck somewhere in the bureaucracy. We think the policy will be known sometime middle of this year. There is also a Nepal Wireless Project using 802.11b to introduce villagers to IT.
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