6. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd., Nepal,
Telecoms Market Overview and Statistics, July 30,
2006, p. 11.
7. Ibid., pp. 1, 14.
8. Ibid., p. 12.
9. Ibid., p. 13.
10. See Vincent Lim, “Blogging for democracy in Nepal,”
AsiaMedia, April 13, 2006, http://www.asiamedia.
ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=43000.
11. See Mark Glaser, “Nepalese bloggers, journalists
defy media clampdown by king,” Online Journalism
Review, February 23, 2005, http://www.ojr.org/ojr/
stories/050223glaser/.
12. Ibid.
13. BBC News, “Q&A: Nepal’s future,” November 8,
2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/
south_asia/2707107.stm.
14. Charles Haviland, “Erasing the ‘royal’ in Nepal,” BBC
News, May 19, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/
hi/world/south_asia/4998666.stm.
15. International Freedom of Expression Exchange,
“Parliament abolishes repressive media law,”
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/74580/.
16. S. Chandrasekharan, “NEPAL: Interim constitution
unveiled: Monarchy dumped,” December 17, 2006,
http://www.saag.org/%5Cnotes4%5Cnote354.html.
17. See Nepal Interim Constitution, http://www.nepalnews.
com/archive/2007/jan/jan15/Constitution_2063.doc.
18. See Nepal Interim Constitution, Article 12.3,
http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jan/jan15/
Constitution_2063.doc.
19. Nepal Interim Constitution, Article 45.1.
20. Nepal Interim Constitution, Article 12.
21. Nepal Electronic Transaction and Digital Signature
Act, Article 47, http://www.nta.gov.np/cyber_law.html.
22. National Broadcasting Act of Nepal, Articles 15–16,
http://www.moic.gov.np/policy/pol_broad_act_2049.
php; National Broadcasting Regulation, Article 9,
http://www.nta.gov.np/national_broadcasting_
regulation_2052.html.
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Telecoms Market Overview and Statistics, July 30,
2006, p. 11.
7. Ibid., pp. 1, 14.
8. Ibid., p. 12.
9. Ibid., p. 13.
10. See Vincent Lim, “Blogging for democracy in Nepal,”
AsiaMedia, April 13, 2006, http://www.asiamedia.
ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=43000.
11. See Mark Glaser, “Nepalese bloggers, journalists
defy media clampdown by king,” Online Journalism
Review, February 23, 2005, http://www.ojr.org/ojr/
stories/050223glaser/.
12. Ibid.
13. BBC News, “Q&A: Nepal’s future,” November 8,
2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/
south_asia/2707107.stm.
14. Charles Haviland, “Erasing the ‘royal’ in Nepal,” BBC
News, May 19, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/
hi/world/south_asia/4998666.stm.
15. International Freedom of Expression Exchange,
“Parliament abolishes repressive media law,”
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/74580/.
16. S. Chandrasekharan, “NEPAL: Interim constitution
unveiled: Monarchy dumped,” December 17, 2006,
http://www.saag.org/%5Cnotes4%5Cnote354.html.
17. See Nepal Interim Constitution, http://www.nepalnews.
com/archive/2007/jan/jan15/Constitution_2063.doc.
18. See Nepal Interim Constitution, Article 12.3,
http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jan/jan15/
Constitution_2063.doc.
19. Nepal Interim Constitution, Article 45.1.
20. Nepal Interim Constitution, Article 12.
21. Nepal Electronic Transaction and Digital Signature
Act, Article 47, http://www.nta.gov.np/cyber_law.html.
22. National Broadcasting Act of Nepal, Articles 15–16,
http://www.moic.gov.np/policy/pol_broad_act_2049.
php; National Broadcasting Regulation, Article 9,
http://www.nta.gov.np/national_broadcasting_
regulation_2052.html.
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