Nepal joins the information technology competition

Nepal, following the example of its neighbours India and China, is attempting to transform itself into an information technology (IT) hub. Nepal Telecom, a state-owned telecommunication provider, has reduced the cost of Internet access by more than 80 per cent, in line with government proposals to increase access to the web. However, rural residents pay more than five times as much to access the web, compared with city-dwellers, and computer literacy is low.

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