Overview of Wireless Internet Service (WiFi) Providers in Nepal



WiFi Internet TowerNo matter how our country runs in terms of physical infrastructure development with hours and hours of power cut (loadshedding), we still have a good number of telco companies and Internet Service Providers. Even though data (internet) customers in Nepal are not happy with the service providers in a way or the others, we have enough number of Wireless Internet Service Providers (WiFi ISPs) running in various cities in Nepal and airing tonnes of bandwidth every single second. Currently there are 45 registered ISPs in Nepal (excluding Network Service Providers). In this article, we review currently operating WiFi ISPs (both fixed and mobile WiFi providers, excluded are mobile operators) in Nepal.

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Chautari – Facebook like Social Network from Nepal Telecom



NT Chautari Logo

NT Chautari Logo

Nepal Telecom had announced to launch a Facebook like Social Networking site called “Chautari” (चौतारी – meaning a shade tree) in order to overcome the loss of excessive bandwidth that Nepalese Facebook users are creating. Facebook has continuously been in top #1 most visited website in Nepal for the last 3 years, and according to checkfacebook.com a complete internet population (100% of internet users) in Nepal use facebook. This can give us a vivid idea about the bandwidth, a Facebook bandwidth in use. [Read more...]

Send free Local and International SMS from Mobile using JaxtrSMS



JaxtrSMS Beta Android Browser ViewYou might be using internet/web to SMS from various websites (we even have published a couple of articles on this), however many of these websites does not work when browsed from a mobile device. Now we can send an SMS without visiting any websites from mobile phone using an application – JaxtrSMS – free for both local and international mobiles.

Politics disrupts progress in Nepalese Teleco and ICT Sector

Nepal Government destructs the need of IT

Nepal Government destructs the need of IT

Politics in Telecom and IT
Recently Supreme Court (SC) asked Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA) board to stop nominating the board members until a final verdict. Ministry of Information and Communication (MoIC) and NTA has been involved in this political dividend of the posts. The formation of the committee in NTA was against the Telecommunication ACT – according to advocate of this hearing. Not much about this known to us – this is all politics. [Read more...]

Ncell becomes largest ISP in Nepal

Ncell - Nepal Cell logoNcell, the first private mobile operator in Nepal, has become the largest ISP (Internet Service Provider) of Nepal after becoming the largest GSM-based telecom operator with 1.9 million subscribers. This large user base subscribers makes Ncell the largest ISP, but still not in terms of infrastructures. [Read more...]