According to the latest data (2024), there are 62 broadband Internet service providers in Nepal. All those are including new and old internet service providers which are active in the operation across various parts of Nepal. While majority of Nepali ISP's use Fiber To The Home (FTTH) technology, some are upgrading their legacy Cable/DSL/Wireless networks to Fiber.
Here is the list of top internet service providers having more than 100,000 subscribers in Nepal (2024). [1]
Rank | ISP name | Logo | Subscribers (July 2024) | Total | |||
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Wireless | Cabled | FTTH | Total Subscriber | ||||
1 | WorldLink Communications | 12 | 516 | 918,205 | 918,733 | 32.61% | |
2 | DishHome | 0 | 0 | 319,696 | 362,135 | 11.35% | |
3 | Nepal Telecom | 0 | 5,227 | 308,318 | 302,086 | 11.13% | |
4 | Subisu | 0 | 0 | 250,313 | 250,313 | 9.88% | |
5 | Vianet Communications | 0 | 0 | 207,767 | 207,767 | 7.37% | |
6 | Classic Tech | 703 | 0 | 162,457 | 163,160 | 5.79% | |
7 | Websurfer | 1873 | 0 | 137,245 | 139,118 | 4.94% | |
Source:NTA [2] [3] |
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