Transcript Research and Education Network Nepal

Current Status of Information and
Communication Technology in Nepal
Prashant Manandhar
Nepal Research & Education Network (NREN).
Kathmandu, Nepal
Overview of Nepal
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Area:
Population in million:
Rural Population:
Key Economic Sectors:
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Agriculture and Tourism
Literacy in English:
Literacy rate
Computer ownership per 100 inhabitants:
Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants:
Internet users per 100 inhabitants:
National bandwidth capacity within the country:
National average bandwidth at NPIX:
International bandwidth
147,797 Sq. Km
27.05
75.5%
18%
55%
4.5
6.0
3.0
1000:1000 Mbps
18~25 Mpbs
100:72 Mbps
Present Status of ICT
Internet Status
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Start Leased Line Cable and Radio Modems ((19 Kbps-64Kbps) for
Data in early 1995.
Start of ISDN and Wireless Internet Service – 2002
Establishment of Nepal Internet Exchange (npIX) – 2002
Start of Wireless broadband Service – 2003
Start of Cable Internet Service – 2004
Metro Ethernet to Home Internet – 2005
Fiber Optics laid in National East-West Highway 2005 purposes for
Data and Voice Telecom only, Gateway connection with BSNL, India,
2007. Next Phase to China.
Total Number of Internet Users – ~550,000, Number of ISPs – 26
Number of Optical Fiber provider for cable TV- 5
Number of Optical Fiber provider for Internet - 7
Number of VSAT Network Service Providers – 8
Present Status of ICT
ICT Infrastructure and Services
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Telephone Service Providers – 3(NTC, UTL,STM)
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PSTN Fixed Line Telephones – 600000
Mobile Phone Service Provider – 3 (NTC, Spice Nepal, UTL)
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Mobile Phone Subscribers GSM & CDMA – 110000
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Data not upto-date, as all providers are rapidly expanding
Number of Fax Mail Service Providers – 6
Number of Satellite Telephone Service Providers – 3
Number of Radio Paging Service Providers – 3
Number of Local Data Network Service Providers – 2
Radio broadcast stations: SW 1,MW 6, FM 22, (Radios:
2,800,000, costs < $1).
Television broadcast stations: 5 (Televisions: 700,000)
Establishment of NREN
Nepal Research and Education Network (NREN) has been established as a facilitator
to support for advanced research and education network through the means of
Information and Communication Technology and as a knowledge center to support
good ICT initiatives and researcher in the country. This entity has been established
as a non-profit network under the Prime College, affiliated to National Tribhuwan
National University, collaboration with other Universities, Education Institutes,
Research Institutions, National IX, National Telecom, Government and Non
Government Organizations, Industry association, Interested Educationists and
Individuals. www.nren.net.np
Current NREN Activity
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Research in various ICT fields as follow:.
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Using SIP for the voice communication to different remote areas via the WIFI devices and The monitoring and management system has been
developed for each SIP locations. The open source application has been use
for this system.
Developed E-learning for higher education at the villages and remore areas
in local language, Intranet Portal.
Telemedicine for Health Post in the villages and Video Conference for
Telemedicine will be implement soon within the villages and remote areas.
Hot Spot systems and its applications
Web GIS
Mesh WI-FI implementation is under process.
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All members will be connecting through Optical Fibre very soon.
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ICT Troubleshooting knowledgebase information system in local
Nepali language for communities on developing process.
Current IT infrastructure for NREN
For Research and training Labs:
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Routers: Cisco 1750 : 2
Routers: Cisco 1700 Series : 20
CISCO Catalyst 2950 Switch (24-port Fast Ethernet) : 8
Servers
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Linux and FreeBSD Server Systems: 2
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Windows 2003 Intranet Server : 1
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Normal PCs and Workstations using Windows, Linux - 11
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Wireless Networking Experiment Center
This lab is used for research, demonstration and testing of advanced
networks and latest technologies by Local ISPs, NPIX and researchers.
Research on Attenuation in Optical Fiber for Data and Voice Communications.
But, not sufficient Tools and Measurement devices for Optical Fibers.
Network of Nepal Telecom
Optical Fiber
Present Optical Fiber Backbone Network of Nepal Telecom
Network of Nepal Telecom
Optical Fiber
Present Optical Fiber Backbone:
Route Length of East-West OF Network: Approx. 900 Km (Single Mode- 24 Core fibers,
3x40/33 mm HDPE ducts laid in parallel).
Backbone capacity: STM-4 (252 E1).
SDH Equipments (Siemens): 6xSTM-16, 19xSTM-4 & 54xSTM-1.
Links 18 districts and 79 Exchanges
Lamahi – Kohalpur – Lamki - Dhangadhi - Mahendranagar section yet to be completed
(approx. 350 Km)
Network of Nepal Telecom
Optical Fiber
NG-SDH Optical Fiber Network (Regional, Sub-Regional and Arniko Highway project):
Nepal Telecom
Transmission Planning Department
To Khasa (CHINA)
Lamo
Sanghu
Proposed NG-SDH Regional Backbone Network
Arniko Highway OF
Backbone
Banepa
RAMBAZAR
PARDI
POKHARA
LAMACHAUR
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4 Km
SUNDHARA
93 Km
87 Km
SISUWA
MARSYANGDI
PATAN
Koteswor
TTC
Thimi
NMS
2-Fibre STM-64 Ring
115 Km
40 Km
LAMAHI
KAWASOTI
BARDIBAS
BUTWAL
RAJBIRAJ
120 Km
146 Km
Nijgadh
Bharatpur
45 Km
Itahari
HETAUDA
93 Km
141 Km
86 Km
21 Km
Rajbiraj
Kohalpur
LAMKI
Attaria
Dharan
Lahan
60 Km
115 Km
118 Km
121 Km
24 Km
108 Km
Damak
125 Km
28 Km
49 Km
116 Km
134 Km
DHANGADHI
NEPALGUNJ
BHAIRAHAWA
BIRGUNJ
Janakpur
Bhadrapur
BIRATNAGAR
62 Km
114 Km
Mahendra Nagar
Regional OF Backbone
Surkhet
Legend :
Core Router
L2-Switch
Single Mode 1 pair of Fibre
STM-64 OMSN
STM- 64 Regenarator
DWDM Equipment
Note: Link capacity of Hetauda-Patan-Sundhara link is 2xSTM-64
Spur links of STM-1 & STM-4 capacity are not shown.
STM-16 OMSN
STM- 16 Regenarator
Sub-Regional OF
Backbone
Network of Nepal Telecom
Optical Fiber
Arniko Highway NG-SDH Backbone: Survey & Design review work completed
Expected project execution date:- by end of 2007
Funding:- Arniko Highway NG-SDH project with grant from Government of China and other by
NT’s own fund
Proposed Regional/Sub-Regional NG-SDH Optical Fiber Backbone:
•Based on Next Generation(NG)/MSTP platform and with DWDM (1st time in NT’s network)
•Broadband TDM & IP Backbone with the same SDH equipment.
•All equipments are OMSN Nodes (voice, data and video on single platform, MSTP).
•Core Router/L3 switch at each station( with FE, GE, E1 & STM-1 interface).
•DWDM equipments are used between Hetauda and Patan and other stations are also ready for
DWDM connection( by color interface/transponder)
•All Regional Nodes are STM-64 (10G) type & Sub-Regional nodes are STM-16 (2.5 G) type.
•Out of 10G bandwidth 2.5G allocated for Data services and SAN services.
•TDM and IP bandwidth can be adjusted dynamically.
•Application: inter-exchange connectivity, TDM services, carry secured Broadband data/video
services like ADSL, VPN, IP-TV, VoD, Triple-play & other IP based services.
Network of Nepal Telecom
Optical Fiber
Features: proposed Arniko Highway Optical Fiber Backbone:
•Link Kathmandu with Khasa, China via Tatopani (approx. 115 Km)
•Sixteen (16) nodes between Kathmandu and Tatopani (5x STM-16 nodes, 4x STM4 nodes and 7xSTM-1 nodes) with PoS and FE interface.
•Type of OF cable: 36 fiber, single mode (G.652, 1310/1550 nm)
•Application: Interconnectivity of exchanges in the route, Build information
highway between Nepal & China, Create an alternate international gateway route
via Hong Kong( no dependency on present satellite link with limited resource),
Enhancement of ICT development in Nepal, Greatly help ISD and internet traffic,
can create information highway between India and China etc. India’s big operators
like Bharati & Reliance have already requested to get bandwidth in this route.
Network of Nepal Telecom
Optical Fiber
Project Status: In process
Proposed Kathmandu Valley NG-SDH Project
S.1
MAHARAJGUNJ
S.1
NAYABAZAR
S.4
S.4
S.1
S.4
GONGABU
HALCHOWK
THAMEL
S.1
S.64
S.64
BHADRAKALI
S.1
S.1
S.4
S.4
S.4
NAXAL
S.64
S.64
CHABAHIL
S.64 S.1 S.64
S.64
S.4
S.1
GHATTEKULO
JORPATI
S.
S.4
S.64
S.64
KAPAN
S. S.1
SUNDARIJAL
S.1
S.64 S.16
S.64
CHHAUNI
S.4
Expected project execution
date: by end of 2007
INDRAYANI
GOTHATAR
Features of proposed NGSDH network in
Kathmandu valley:
S.4
BALAMBU
CDMA/CO.
S.16
LEGENDS
S.64 S.64 S.64 S.16
STM-64
S.4
STM-16
SUNDHARA
S.4 S.1
STM-4
S.4
S.64
S.64
S.1
S.4
ITB
SINGHA DURBAR
SPICE NEPAL
GWARKO
UNITED
TELECOM
STM-1
S.4
Core Router
Single Mode
Fiber Pair
S.4
S.1
S.1
KIRTIPUR
SAINBU
S.1
S.1
PATAN
2XS.1
TTC
S.4
•7x STM-64 NG-SDH nodes
(with Router) & upgradation of other nodes
S.16
GSM
SANAGAUN
S.1
THAIBA
THECHO
•Multiple ring concept
•Introduction of DWDM
concept
Member NREN
Nepal Wireless Project
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1997 started in one village (Himanchal Higher Secondary School, Nangi
village).
Introduced the Information technology to villagers, most of whom had never
seen computers until a few years ago. Most of the villagers still have no idea as
what the uses of the computers and Internet are.
Nangi village is located in north west of Nepal on the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri
ranges of the Himalayas. Reaching Nangi usually requires two to three days of
traveling from Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu. From Kathmandu, it is a seven
hour bus ride or 35 minute plane trip to Pokhara, the second largest city in
Nepal. The elevation of Nangi village is about 2,260 m. (7,345 ft).
Target group is the people living in the remote villages of Nepal, where
villagers have no means of modern communication means. The total numbers
of 19 Wi-Fi nodes in this villages and its growing. This project is implementing
in next District called Makwanpur (central Region of Neal) and the total
numbers of 10 Wi-Fi nodes.
Nepal Wireless Project
Thank you!
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