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Nepal Telecommunications Authority To Regulate Content Providers

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18th September 2020, Kathmandu

Nepal Telecommunications Authority will now regulate Tiktok, Youtube, Facebook, and other content providers. According to the sources, NTA will bring new rules and regulations within two months.

Recently with the growth in the number of tiktok users in Nepal, the consumption of bandwidth had increased drastically. Due to this, there had been a problem due to that. To solve the problem, the Akamai server was used to solve the problem.

Lately though, according to Dilip Agrawal, the head of Worldlink Communications, Google has been going through the same phase. Mr. Agrawal pointed this out in a virtual webinar conducted on the company’s 25th anniversary.

It is no news that the ISPs in Nepal have been facing a similar problem of network bandwidth from the content providers.

So, to address this issue government agencies are going to regulate certain rules. The Nepal Telecommunications Authority is preparing to regulate the content providers. They will do so within the next 2 months according to the sources. They have already sent letters to the service providers regarding the subject matter on Bhadra 30.

The letter from Nepal Telecommunications Authority mentions the following main points:

  1. The authority will set up a regulatory structure to regulate content providers such as Facebook, Youtube, Google, and other CDN providers.
  2. Similarly, some contents aren’t ‘aligned with Nepali Society’ and they are being shown by Nepali service providers. They will look into that matter also.
  3. The letter also points out that the authority will set up the regulatory structure within 2 months.

To carry out the regulation in full swing, the telecommunications authority is forming a sub-committee. The sub-committee will consist of 8 members representing various ISPs, mobile operators, and ministry too. Along with them, the chief coordinator of NTA’s monitoring division will also be there.

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npNOG4 Conference and Workshops in Kathmandu

Nepal Network Operators Group Announced npNOG-4 Conference

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Nepal Network Operators Group (npNOG), a community of network operators who work in ISPs, Content Providers, Telcos and other areas of the Internet and ICT industry in Nepal will be organizing “npNOG-4” event from December 9th to December 14th, 2018. The event will have one Day conference followed by 5 days workshops in Kathmandu (Time and Venue is published on www.npnog.org).

The workshops will be conducted in four tracks, 1) Network Management and Security, 2) IPv6 Deployment, 3) FTTH and 4) WiFi Management and Security. These workshops will be conducted by senior experienced professionals from Nepal and abroad. The workshops will be very helpful especially for the final year students with engineering backgrounds and aspiring ICT professionals to get practical knowledge and hands-on practice to build a career and grow in as a communication and network professionals. Students and female participants shall be provided a 25% discount to attend the event.

The first-day conference will have several presentations on the current status, challenges and success stories of the Internet and Network infrastructure from national and international technical leaders from various sectors such as Telecoms, Internet Service Providers, Banks, Government, and individual ICT professionals as well. The event will set a platform for learning, knowledge sharing and developing the community as per Mr. Samit Jana, President of npNOG.

The event is co-hosted by Internet Exchange of Nepal (npIX) and supported by other Nepalese Internet Communities and organizations in Nepal.

Special sponsorships (fellowships) are also provided to deserving candidates for the event. More than 30% fellowship quotas have been provided to female candidates this time for the event. For the further information: https://npnog.org/npnog4