Optical fibres laid on 1,006 km length

KATHMANDU: AUGUST 31 – The government has intensified laying optical fibres in line with the ambition set by the Digital Nepal Framework.

Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has mobilized the Rural Telecommunications Development Fund to expand the broadband internet service across the country.

Works on it have been completed in sixty districts under 15 packages out of 18. Similarly, fifty per cent of works were completed in 10 districts under two packages.

On June 13, 2016, the NTA had decided to use the Fund in order to reach the broadband internet service to the community schools, campus, health post, agriculture centre, tourism centre, each ward and public places. The internet service is launched in four districts via a single package with the completion of more than 30 per cent of works.

Even the monitoring and evaluation of the six projects was conducted, said NTA Spokesperson, Santosh Poudel. Similarly, monitoring and evaluation of two projects was also underway.

The NTA further said mid-hill highway and district headquarters are being connected to the internet under the information superhighway project.

Under the first package (State 1, 2 and Bagmati State), works have been launched by forging an agreement with Nepal Telecom. As per the agreement, an extension of optical fibres would complete in two years.

So far, the optical fibres have been laid on 1,006-km (46.16%) length. Under the first package, an agreement was made to lay the optical fibres on 2,179-km length.

-RSS