Nepal to use Chinese internet bandwidth from today

Nepal will receive internet bandwidth from China from Friday, ending the Himalayan nation’s sole dependence on India for connecting to the cyber space.

State-owned Nepal Telecom (NT) said that all the groundwork had been completed to formally connect Nepal with Chinese bandwidth.

“The process of acquiring internet bandwidth from China has been completed. The commercial operation of the Nepal- China optical fibre link will begin from Friday,” said Prativa Baidhya, spokesperson for NT.

However, NT did not disclose the actual volume of Chinese internet bandwidth that Nepal will receive.

The details will be made public after a formal inauguration on Friday, she added.

In December 2016, NT had reached an agreement with China Telecom to acquire internet bandwidth. NT had begun the test transmission of the project from the first week of September last year.

Chinese internet will be supplied via Rasuwagadhi gateway, according to sources at NT.