Country’s 89 percent population in access to internet service

July 1, Kathmandu: Eighty-nine per cent of the population has access to the internet in the country.

According to the data unveiled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), over 26.882 million population is connected to the internet facility.

This is 88.93 per cent of the total population of the country.

Similarly, NTA has registered over 526,000 new users in the month of Chaitra (mid-March to mid-April) .

The prepared report was based on the population projection (2011-2030) and assumes the current total population of Nepal to be 29 million 876 thousand 531.

Earlier, 26 million 356 thousand population had access to internet till Falgun (mid-February) before this.

The number of people using the internet through mobile devices is the highest, making up 65.39 per cent of the total number of users.

Likewise, 11.76 million population have access to 3G internet service.

Similarly, the number of 4G users has reached 7 million 871 thousand.