China Telecom today announced an agreement with Nepal Telecom to provide internet services through a new terrestrial cable route between the two countries. It runs through a gateway between Jilong county in China and Rasuwa district in Nepal.
“It is a direct route for traffic demand generated from Nepal to all over the world, and provides the highest quality service and low latency (time delay) solution for end users in Nepal,” says a statement from China Telecom.
“The China-Nepal route could provide better service to Nepal as well as a transit service from India,” points out Ou Yan, executive vice president of China Telecom, which took on the arduous task of laying cables through the Himalayas. China is also extending the Qinghai-Tibet rail line to the Jilong-Rasuwa gateway and could help Nepal extend it to Kathmandu.
“We’re looking forward to establishing Nepal as a transit hub through this route,” added Kamini Rajbhandari, MD of Nepal Telecom.
