NEPAL INTERNET FOUNDATION

Nepal Internet Foundation (NIF) is a research and development forum that supports and performs technical and geographical researches in context of Nepal to build up Infrastructure and to the reach of Internet within the country... The Nepal Internet Foundation is working to address access and infrastructural issues with internet connectivity in Nepal. According to UNCTAD stats and the DataReportal database 2023, only 51.6% of the population in Nepal has access to the internet. Social media statistics for Nepal in 2023 show that 38.57% of the population has internet access, while the overall social media user is 12.60 million. The country has experienced significant progress in internet connectivity, with the first telephone exchange in Kathmandu in 1913 and the first optical fiber connection between Nepal and India in 1997. However, the country faces challenges such as dependence on neighboring countries for connectivity, high costs in infrastructure development, and limited ISPs. To..