1. Introduction : Some dates and statistics.
Computer:
1971 = First Computer
1981 = First Personal Computer
1989 = First E-mail
1993 = First commercial E-mail service
1994 = Internet Access (through 64 Kbps to Singapore)
Current No. of ISPs = 13
Total Bandwidth = 15 Mbps
Media
1898 = First newspaper
1951 = Radio Nepal established
1984 = Nepal Television
1997 = First Public Radio, Radio Sagarmatha
Total number or broad sheet dailies = 5 Nepali, 2 English
Number of radio stations = 11,
General Statistics
Literacy = 40% - 47%
Tele density = 1 / 100 persons
Total number of computers = 100,000
Number of users = 1,000,000
Internet / Email accounts = 30,000
E-mail Users = 500,000
Internet Users = 150,000