06 April 2022

State-backed Nepal Telecom (NTC) has introduced a 4G service in Pathibhara, a popular religious site in the country’s Taplejung district.

This enables the visitors to the precious heritage site to enjoy high-speed broadband connections on their devices.

Yogesh Bhattarai, a UML politician and former minister of culture, tourism and civil aviation published the news in a Facebook post.

He added that the 4G launch in the area will allow visitors to post their photos and videos online. The service launch has been the result of a long effort by the state-backed operator, Nepal Telecom (NTC), he said.

Pathibhara is one of Nepal’s most popular religious heritage sites, located at 3,794 m elevation in Taplejung, a district in eastern Nepal.

Thousands of devotees visit the site every year. However, the lack of mobile broadband had kept the people at a disservice for so long. Now, with NTC-backed 4G in the area, the visitors will have reliable fast broadband. They can connect to the internet and communicate while they are at and around the site, the operator said.