Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 840,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 85

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 23.2 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 75 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 52

Telephone system:
general assessment: poor telephone and telegraph service; fair radiotelephone communication service and mobile-cellular telephone network
domestic: mobile-cellular telephone subscribership base is increasing with roughly 90% of the population living in areas covered by mobile carriers
international: country code - 977; radiotelephone communications; microwave and fiber landlines to India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
state operates 2 TV stations, as well as national and regional radio stations; roughly 30 independent TV channels are registered with only about half in regular operation; nearly 400 FM radio stations are licensed with roughly 300 operational (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 80, shortwave 4 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
9 (plus 9 repeaters) (2008)

Internet country code:
.np

Internet hosts:
41,256 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 100
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 3.8 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 12.1% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 80