Internet access in Nepal crosses 22m KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 Around 22.8 million of the population across the country now have internet access. Among the total users, 56 per cent of internet users are using mobile data, according to Nepal Telecommunications Authority... 20 Nov, 2020
Social media giants plan push-back on�India's new regulations-sources India's new policy proposals shock social media companies Indian authorities want greater and faster access to content Social media companies to push back on proposals-sources Policy latest face-off between India, global tech... Mobile & Apps 11 Jan, 2019
WorldLink bags international award KATHMANDU: WorldLink, a domestic internet service provider, has been felicitated with the prestigious ‘Outstanding User Organisation Award’ by the Asian Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation. WorldLink was conferred with this award on... 14 Nov, 2018
Internet in Nepal: Making it affordable While there is a need to dismantle the syndicate existing in the internet market in Nepal, there is also a need to introduce several other measures, including awareness among users, to make internet affordable The government levied... 04 Sep, 2018
Leaked data from massive Malaysian breach "likely available online for long time" KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE: Personal details of tens of millions of Malaysians obtained from a 2014 data breach have likely been available for sale for a long time, according to the founder of an online portal who revealed the massive data breach this... Mobile & Apps 03 Nov, 2017
Internet penetration at 61pc of population Kathmandu, October 4 On an average, over 6,581 new users are connected to the internet every day in Nepal. The latest Management Information System (MIS) report prepared by Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) shows that internet penetration... 05 Oct, 2017
Telecom authority awards ISP licence to five new companies Kathmandu, September 22 Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has issued internet service provider (ISP) licences to five new companies. A recent NTA board meeting has awarded the ISP licences to Himalayan Gorkha Net, City Net, KCN Net,... 23 Sep, 2017
Don't like our rules? Then leave, China newspaper says after journal censored SHANGHAI: The censorship in China of hundreds of academic papers from a prominent journal will have little impact because readership is so small, but if Western institutions don't like the way things are done in China they can leave, the state-run... Women 21 Aug, 2017
Inventor of World Wide Web wins computing's 'Nobel Prize' SAN FRANCISCO: Most people who search on Google, share on Facebook and shop on Amazon have never heard of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. But they might not be doing any of those things had he not invented the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee, 61, is this... Mobile & Apps 04 Apr, 2017
eBay opens wine shop SAN FRANCISCO: Online commerce colossus eBay on Thursday opened a virtual wine shop. The Silicon Valley-based internet marketplace had previously offered wine for sale in the United States, but the dedicated venue at eBay.com/wine will provide a... 30 Apr, 2016
Monks delivered via Amazon as role of Japanese temples fade YACHIYO, JAPAN: In Japan, where communal ties to local Buddhist temples are fading, families have in recent years been able to go online to find Buddhist monks to perform funerals and other rituals. But when Amazon Japan allowed a provider to... Women 30 Jan, 2016
Softbank investment NEW DELHI: Japanese telecom and media group SoftBank will ‘seriously’ accelerate its investments in India, Chief Executive Masayoshi Son told a start-up conference in New Delhi on Saturday. Softbank had previously said it would invest $10 billion... 17 Jan, 2016
