Nepal mountain-dwellers to connect to broadband via Kacific Sign in with LinkedIn
28 January 2021 | Alan Burkitt-Gray Singapore-based satellite company Kacific has extended its services to the Himalayan republic of Nepal, to improve broadband internet access in the mountainous regions.
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has advised the country’s government to allow businesses, communities and government agencies to install Kacific dishes pointing at its first satellite, Kacific1, which went into service last year.
Kacific1 has a number of spot beams, covering the Pacific islands, New Zealand, Indonesia and the Philippines, and an area of northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Himalayas.