Communications in Nepal
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Telephones - PSTN only : 422,456 (December 2004)
Telephones - 1 cellular service available by Nepal Telecom, formerly known as Nepal Telecommunications Corporation (NTC) and 1 WLL telephone service by United Telecom Limited (UTL).
Telephone system:
Good telephone and telegraph service; fair radiotelephone communication service and mobile cellular telephone network
Domestic: Microwave + Optical Fiber
International:
Radiotelephone Communications; microwave landline to India; satellite earth station - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 20, shortwave 1 (January 2000)
Radios: 840,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 5 (plus 9 repeaters) (2005)
Televisions: 130,000 (1997)
Registered Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 26 (2004)
Internet users: 200,000 (2004)
Country code (Top level domain): NP
References
Some information in this article has been taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition. 1st Anniversary Soucenir, Nepal Telecom, 2005