NTA expedites optical fibre network expansion drive

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has expedited its attempt to lay optical fibre network to avail the people of broadband internet service. The NTA said the broadband internet service has started in the estimated locations in 74 districts through mobilisation of the Rural Telecommunications Development Fund. Of the completed projects, monitoring and verification of eight is done so far while the remaining others are going through the second and third phases of monitoring and verification. Likewise, mobilisation of the same fund is ongoing to instal the optical fibre to link the district headquarters and the Mid-Hill Highway. In the first phase, a total of 1,314 kilometres of optical fibre has been installed in Province 1, Madhes Province and Bagmati Province while the work is in progress in Karnali Province and Sudurpaschim Province. NTA Spokesperson Santosh Poudel said the broadband internet will be provided through mobilisation of the fund at all local levels including their ward offices, community schools and community health care institutions in the worst affected eight districts from the Gorkha Earthquake. In those districts, the NTA will also provide internet tariffs for up to two years to those districts after the installation of broadband internet service. So far, agreement papers have been signed with 72 local levels out of 76. READ ALSO:

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