Resumen
The article focuses on the development of computing and the Internet use in Nepal. Nepal must mend the wide digital divide it has with most other countries. Nepal is one of the many historically poor and geographically isolated countries now looking to information technology to help relieve problems by providing socially and economically valuable connectivity to other parts of the world. About 100 companies sell computer equipment in the country including one that specializes in Apple products. All hardware is imported, including brand machines, unbranded parts are assembled in country. The software market largely consists of branded shrink-wrapped packages. There may be about 25 companies developing software, with a very small number involved in export work for foreign companies. Nepal was a latecomer to the Internet. UUCP dial-up email service first appeared in 1994, but it was not until 1999 that a change in government telecommunications regulations permitted privately licensed VSAT connections. This change permitted affordable Internet service, resulting in a modest take-off.