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Telecom’s Spokesperson, Surendra Prasad Thike informed that the company has also planned to offer Wi-Fi internet service to 500 regions in the Nepal. The company will collaborate with the Nepal Electricity Authority to extend the 3000 km fiber-optic network, and will expand an additional 800 km of fiber network on its own. NT will also [...]
Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom, or NT) and Gilat Satellite Networks have successfully deployed the latter’s SkyEdge broadband satellite network to Gorakshep, the village closest to the Everest base camp. The new network will provide high quality voice and data services using Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technology. NT says the Gorakshep installation forms [...]
KATHMANDU: Years of underinvestment in electricity infrastructure has left Nepal with one of the most unreliable power supply systems in South Asia, putting a brake on the country’s economic growth. In response, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) board of directors has approved a loan of $65 million to strengthen and expand electricity transmission and distribution [...]
Nepal is to get a third GSM based mobile network next month, when Nepal Satellite Telecom (NST) launches its services. The company will be focusing on the underserved rural areas first before expanding coverage to include the main urban area along the Kathmandu valley next year. Mukti Shree Telecom, Sewa Telecom (Bangladesh), Pakistan Mobile Communication [...]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Advancing research and education to reduce the devastation and loss of human life from earthquakes and tsunamis is the goal of a new center at Purdue University. The National Science Foundation awarded $105 million to a Purdue-led team to spearhead a center that will serve as headquarters for the operations of [...]
The latest buzz is social media connections but I wonder how can journalists use there effectively. The rise of social networking and microblogging in the recent past has changed the idea of relationship, sharing and remaining connected to each other. In the virtual world of computers and waves, life is almost null without the connections [...]
Lalitpur, June,2009 – “Technological advancements are very rapid today. In the case of communication technologies, new concepts are introduced every day and the world is shrinking in our hands. Unfortunately, the new communication technologies are often hidden from certain parts of the Planet. With no developments in communication, there are many parts of the world [...]
Nepal’s incumbent fixed line operator, state-owned Nepal Telecom (NT), has launched an ambitious network rollout project designed to connect even the remotest parts of the country with telephone lines. According to a report from local newspaper Republika, the project began in late January this year with the aim of bridging the so-called ‘digital divide’ between [...]
KATHMANDU, March 26: At a time when Nepal boasts of being the first nation in South Asia to introduce third generation (3G) telecom services, a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified the country as one of the least networked in the world. The report, titled Global Information Technology Report 2008-09, has [...]
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