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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Machine-Readable Passports by 2010, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 12/08/2008)

World Wide Web in Nepal, by Krita Raut (ht 10/08/2008)

Cyber safety and Children, by Aashis Lamsal (sp 01/08/2008)

Lesson from and for state-owned agency, by Shyam KC (kp 14/07/2008)

Access to ICT vital for development (kp 19/06/2008)

Networked Nepal: Moving toward ‘one e-library per district’ (kp 17/06/2008)

Where Internet costs Rs 1,200 an hour, by Rup Narayan Dhakal (kp 23/05/2008)

‘ADSL will revolutionize Internet usage’ (kp 14/05/2008)

High-speed Internet in offing (kp 28/04/2008), Net surfers to get high speed internet at affordable rate soon (nn 28/04/2008)

Vision of E-Nepal, by Rajneesh Bhandari (kp 21/04/2008)

Rural women to benefit from IT (kp 20/04/2008)

'We lack skilled manpower to compete in IT sector' (kp 24/03/2008)

Microsoft, Intel to launch CMPC in Nepal (kp 12/03/2008)

Ranjana Thahiti: Type in English, convert into Nepali and Newari, by Pawan Neupane (kp 26/02/2008)

CAN Info Tech kicks off (nn 29/01/2008)

E-education, by Nitesh Nepal (kp 21/12/2007)

Computerized citizenship distribution marred (kp 15/12/2007)

Interview with Saroj Devkota, Architect of the Nepalese eGovernment Programme, by Vikas Kanungo (mGovWorld 20/11/2007)

Farmers take to Internet surfing during leisure, by Tirtha Neupane (kp 19/10/2007)

NepaLinux, Free Geek win int'l award (kp 18/10/2007), NepaLinux receives APC FOSS award (nn 23/10/2007)

World class animation and visual effects studio in the offing (nn 08/10/2007)

Eighth grader wows all with his ‘crowd controller’ robot (nn 08/10/2007)

Laptops to students in Mustang (nn 26/08/2007)

Information divide, by Abhaya Raj Joshi (kp 11/08/2007)

Instead of one laptop per child...how about one computer network per school, one laptop per teacher?, by Pat Hall (nt 03/08/2007), Dailekh bridges the digital divide: Cost and language used to be barriers to computer use in Nepali schools. No longer, by Shristee Gurung (nt 03/08/2007)

$100 magic wand seeks to change Nepal kids' lives (wi 02/07/2007), Students working on laptop for kids (Gulf Times 03/07/2007)

WorldLink expands its foothold (kp 28/06/2007)

Net penetrates rural hinterland (kp 06/06/2007)

Connecting Nepali with the computer with thanNhiti, by Pawan Neupane (kp 05/06/2007)

e-Government accelerates IT literacy rate, interview with Stephen Braim, vice president, government programs for Asia Pacific of IBM (kp 28/05/2007)

Optical fibre to connect ministries (samn 21/05/2007)

Cheaper wireless Internet from WorldLink (kp 17/05/2007), Wlink's new offers (kp 21/05/2007)

Microsoft to enter Nepal once market grows (kp 14/05/2007)

ISPs accuse NT of 'discrimination' kp 04/05/2007)

First CAN Soft-Tech-2007, starts (nn 03/05/2007)

ASOCIO meet ends (kp 03/05/2007)

ISP, VSAT license fees to go down by 99 pc (kp 24/04/2007)

E-governance promises customer-centric services (kp 19/04/2007)

E-govt seminar begins today (kp 18/04/2007)

Govt. to implement master plan on e-government, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 05/04/2007), E-Governance: Tool For Transformation, by Keshab Poudel (sp 13/04/2007), E-Governance for Good Governance in Nepal, by Rajesh Shakya and Shailendra Sigdel (sp 13/04/2007), "The Old Methods Of Government Have Not Addressed Poverty", interview with Paul R. Schapper (sp 13/04/2007)

First CAN Softech in Nepal (samn 25/03/2007)

Internet subscriber growth unimpressive (kp 24/03/2007)

'Support circulation of $100 laptop' (kp 21/03/2007)

Certification controller's office sought (kp 16/03/2007)

The government must come up with IT friendly policies and rely on the advanced technology, by Prabin Joshi (tg 07/03/2007)

ICT: smoother path to new avatar, by Rajib Subba (kp 19/02/2007)

Software to end red tape (kpm 09/02/2007)

IT Park fails to lure quality bidders (kp 08/02/2007)

Govt sharpens focus on IT (samn 12/01/2007)

NT reduces Internet tariff by 83 pc (kp 11/01/2007)

OLPC Nepal aims at providing one Laptop to every Nepali Child (nn 10/01/2007), $100 laptop for Nepali students soon (kp 11/01/2007)

Laptops can now go online anywhere, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 10/01/2007)

CAN Info-Tech kicks off; PM pledges help for IT sector (nn 09/01/2007), CAN Info-Tech 2007 starts in grand style (samn 10/01/2007), Changing Nepal towards e-Nepal (kp 11/01/2007), You CAN tech too: Information, communication, and entertainment at CAN Info Tech 2007 (nt 12/01/2007), CAN InfoTech (kp 13/01/2007), CAN Info-Tech concludes: Visitors up by 13pc (kp 15/01/2007)

NT acquires bandwidth from Indian firms (kp 06/01/2007), Nepal Telecom acquires high bandwidth (samn 07/01/2007)

Internet hit in Nepal after Taiwan quake (samn 28/12/2006)

Four parties submit bids for IT Park mgmt (kp 20/12/2006)

Internet costs to go down by half (kp 22/11/2006), Internet costs to go down by 65 pc, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 07/12/2006)

Building a new Nepal, by Biplav Man Singh (kp 08/11/2006)

IT Park fails to draw private sector interest (kp 08/11/2006)

East-West optical fiber network: NT gears up to start data service (kp 03/11/2006)

One Laptop per Child, by Saurav Dev Bhatta (kp 01/11/2006)

NT prepares to increase Internet Bandwidth (nn 30/10/2006)

IT Park to come alive in Nov (kp 22/10/2006)

Inmarsat satcom service launched (kp 24/08/2006)

Devanagari keyboard, new font for Nepali computer users (nn 14/08/2006)

Translation software (samn 01/08/2006)

Microsoft fights piracy in Nepal (wi 24/07/2006)

RSS instals optical fibre cable system (samn 20/07/2006)

Mero goes to metros: Nepal’s first GSM provider prepares to take mobiles nationwide, by Min Bajracharya (nt 14/07/2006)

Nepal archive gets computers working in Nepali (wi 28/06/2006)

IT sector needs more friendly policies, an interview (kp 01/05/2006)

Cyber cafes lure youths (samn 28/03/2006)

Nepali software fails to find place at CAN Info-Tech (nn 26/03/2006), CAN Info-Tech getting overwhelming response (nn 27/03/2006), 12th CAN Info-Tech concludes; over 250,000 people visit the fair (nn 28/03/2006), Cashing The Technology: This year the technology show revealed the practical usage of modern IT tools, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 31/03/2006)

Not doing too badly in IT outsourcing: Despite political instability, a power crisis and slow internet Nepal’s dot coms come of age, by Gaurab Raj Upadhaya (nt 24/03/2006)

Government goes slow on IT front (samn 24/03/2006)

‘Internet tariff can come down by 50 pc’, interview with Dilip Agarwal, Chairman and Managing Director of WorldLink Communications (kp 22/03/2006)

‘IT sector beckons friendly govt policy’, interview with Yuva Raj Sharma, chief executive of Himalayan White House College (kp 21/03/2006)

Cyber Law Enforcement in Nepal: Implementation of legal measures need for IT boom, by Bishnu K.C. (Ohmy News 15/03/2006)

Number one by design (nt 03/03/2006)

Nepali silicon valley in the offing (kp 09/02/2006)

ICT for socio-economic growth, by Rajib Subba (kp 16/01/2006)

Nepali version of Linux ‘NepaLinux’ launched (nn 22/12/2005), NepaLinux 1.0 is out (kp 23/12/2005), A look into NepaLinux, by Pawan (kp 28/12/2005)

"We are the leader in the sector", interview with Uttam Prasad Pant, Principal of Universal Language and Computer Institute, the first private-sector institute that started language and computer courses in Nepal (kp 19/12/2005)

Three castes dominate Nepali IT sector (samn 14/12/2005), Women participation in IT sector only 18.27 percent: Report (nn 15/12/2005)

74 pc of ICT workforce lack degrees (kp 14/12/2005)

‘Nepali version of Windows will enhance people’s access to IT’ (nn 13/12/2005), Windows of opportunity for Nepali computing: Commercial and free software philosophies vie for the Nepali language market, by Vibek Raj Maurya (nt 23/12/2005)

IT courses losing steam in colleges, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 18/07/2005)

NepaLinux: To make IT work in Nepali language (kp 02/05/2005)

Solar-powered computers enthrall locals, by Binod Tripathi (kp 11/04/2005)

IT courses galore at CAN Info-Tech 2005 (kp 28/01/2005), CAN Info-Tech 2005 concludes: Enticed 230,000 visitors (kp 31/01/2005)

IT Development (rn 27/01/2005)

Development of electronic transaction stressed (kp 27/01/2005)

PM opens CAN Info-Tech 2005 (kp 26/01/2005)

Govt to unveil new IT policy soon, by Santosh Pokharel (kp 25/01/2005)

Showcasing progress (kp 25/01/2005), CAN ICT 2005 Conference, by Vivek S Rana (kp 25/01/2005)

INFOCOM to recognize Nepal in ICT world (kp 24/01/2005)

NepaLinux: Open source software will bridge Nepal’s digital divide, by Vibek Raj Maurya (nt 21/01/2005)

World wide waffle: A graded review of websites for Nepalis, by Nepalis and of Nepalis (nt 21/01/2005)

Getting into the fast lane: High-speed broadband has become the new status symbol in Kathmandu, by Naresh Newar (nt 21/01/2005)

Nepalese Cyber Law Pros And Cons, by Bashu Dev Phulara (rn 17/01/2005)

ICT regulation in the offing (kp 13/01/2005)

Develop and expand technology: PM (kp 08/01/2005)

World Link’s new offer boils up competition (kp 06/01/2005)

Development of IT standard underway (kp 04/01/2005)

'Bribe thirst' stymies bid to teach kids Internet, by Razen Manandhar (ht 02/01/2005)

For older links see archive

Background

Participatory policy making in Nepal (Pan Asia Networking, July 2003), including policy strategies, action plan and related information

Nepal Net (provides ranking and reviews on websites related to Nepal)

B2B E-Commerce Nepal

The internet from the top of the world: Nepal Case study, by International Telecommunication Union (November 2000)

Internet providers:

• Mercantile Communications
• Mercantile Office System
• Worldlink Communications
• Capital On-line
• Himalayan On-line
• CCSL
• Everest Net
• Hichtech Pioneer
• Infocom
• Unlimitcom
• PumoriPlus