Nepal - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesNepal is located Southern Asia, between China and India. The climate is varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south. The terrain is Tarai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 766,400 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 1.157 million (2006)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : poor telephone and telegraph service; fair radiotelephone communication service and mobile-cellular telephone network
Telephone system - domestic : NA
Telephone system - international : country code - 977; radiotelephone communications; microwave landline to India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2000)
Radios
Radios : 840,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 1 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Televisions
Televisions : 130,000 (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .np
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 42,219 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 6 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 337,100 (2007)
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