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Case Study: Wireless Internet in the Khumbu Region of the Nepalese Himalayas

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Publisher WorldLink Communications
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Topics Wireless Internet, VoIP - IP Telephony, Mobile - Wireless Communications Date added 11 Jan 2006
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Even though Nepal earns considerable foreign exchange for the Nepalese government, there is no functional telecommunications infrastructure. Tourists bring their own satellite phones for voice and data communications. Needless to say, lack of telecommunications in the country poses a serious problem. Tourists need the service to remain in contact. The locals need it for development. The rough mountainous terrain makes the deployment of any infrastructure extremely difficult and costly. It is just not possible to lay cables. Wireless Internet is the only viable solution. Thanks to advances in voice-over-IP, the same infrastructure can be used for voice and Internet access.

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