Kathmandu: A nine-day Asia Pacific Internet Summit this week discussed a range of issues including the latest developments in internet and network engineering and future innovations in the field.

 

The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) 2018 brought together around 900 internet technologists from 50 countries to discuss advanced networking topics during the 10-day jamboree held from February 19 to 28.

 

At the event, internet and wireless networking campaigner Mahabir Pun talked about smart cities of the future and his latest project, the Nepal Innovation Center. He shared that the center has been working on a medical drone, on water processing technology and on e-rickshaw and tempo batteries.

 

During the conference, the renowned Cloudflare Company announced the beginning of its Data Centre in Nepal. This is the company’s second such center in South Asia. The new center is expected to make internet browsing more efficient and reduce the cost of internet bandwith. RSS