One of the major outcomes of a liberalized and open telecommunication sector has been the growing reach of telecommunication services in the country and intensified uptake of Internet. Competitive intensity of the sector has increased over the years and as a result, telecom penetration is significantly on the rise throughout the country. Cellular telephony in particular has registered impressive uptake as evidenced by its sustained growth trajectory over the past few years with current penetration rate crossing well over 90%. Similarly, marked improvements have been seen in the area of telecommunications infrastructure in a way that could help create an ecosystem for rollout of a number of network based services. For example, in terms of backbone infrastructure, there are three complete east-west fiber optic backbones in Nepal. A fourth Kathmandu-Hetauda backbone is available through Nepal Electricity Authority which has now commenced hauling optic fiber cable with the roll-out of high power electrical lines infrastructure. In addition, a fifth backbone running through Kathmandu, Pokhara and Butwal has been rolled out. There is a need now, among others, to catalyze the development of rural backhaul links feeding into these backbones to expand telecommunications/ICT access to locations at the extremities of commercial broadband coverage.