Nepal added over 250 internet users per hour

More than 250 new users were connected to the internet every hour last year, the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) said. According to the NTA’s Management Information System (MIS), 2.25 million new users were connected to the internet last year.

That translates to more than 250 new users every hour. As of October 2017, 16.67 million Nepalis had been connected to the internet, up 15.60 percent year-on-year.


The staggering growth means that nearly 63 percent of Nepal’s population is now connected to the internet. Less than 30 percent of Nepalis used the internet in 2010. The number of internet users has been growing rapidly largely due to the result of a competitive market, service providers said.

Source: TKP