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Tech Jamboree draws visitors in droves
- Can info-tech 2010
KATHMANDU, JAN 14 -
Computer Association of Nepal (CAN), the organiser of ongoing ICT mega event, said on Thursday that the response during the first two days of CAN Info-Tech 2010 was overwhelming.
The annual ICT event began in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
"After the inauguration, the first day itself saw more than 60,000 people visiting the even," said Suresh Karna, President of CAN. "On the second day 37,000 visitors observed the event." The second day of the event was secluded for business purpose with the ticket price of Rs. 150. "That may be the reason for the fall in the number of visitors," he said. CAN has set Jan. 18 also as Business Day.
"Most of the visitors today were potential customers," said Sushil Poudel, Managing Director of IDream Professionals. Visitors said that the entry ticket rate for business day was expensive. "The cost should have been at around Rs. 100," said Ranjan Sapkota from Baneshwor, who was at the event to buy a laptop. On the regular days, the tickets are priced at Rs. 50. This year, laptops have become one of the major crowd-pullers. Laptops even at Rs. 19,000 are on the sale in ICT fair.
"We had bookings for more than 20 laptops in a single day," said Sailesh Amatya of Compusoft, which claims to offer the cheapest notebook in the event. There are over 12 brands of various brands of laptops with prices ranging from Rs. 19,000 to over Rs. 250,000.
According to Karna, the craze for laptops has soared especially among the youth and business people because of power crisis, increased ICT awareness and internet use supported by cheaper ADSL technology.
"The use of ADSL is increasing heavily. We at times have not been able to meet the demand for routers to the customers," said Arun Bansal, chairman of Hi-Tech Engineering that has been selling DIGICOM ADSL router in market for the last two years.
Hi-Tech Engineering has put on display four various type of high speed ADSL router and three DIGICOM's other wireless products in the event. It also provides 15 percent discount on the purchase of the items during CAN Info-Tech. Hassle-free installation is the main feature of DIGICOM router.
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