City of Windhoek councillor Brunhilde Cornelius has cited the Local Authorities Act of 1992 in saying the legislation does not empower the municipality to provide any telecommunications services.
More Africa NewsPolicy & RegulationNamibia: MTC Flabbergasted By City of Windhoek Fibre License Approval
Mobile Telecommunications Company, MTC, says it is shocked by the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's decision to award the City of Windhoek a Class Comprehensive Telecommunications Service License.
In the wake of increasing speculation over a link between 5G network infrastructure and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Namibia’s Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has denied installing 5G tower infrastructure. Images of two towers erected in Erongo and Khomas regions – and believed to be part of a 5G network – have surfaced on social media...
More Africa NewsNamibia: President Hage Geingob has appointed Emma Theofelus, 23, vice-minister of ICT
Emma Theofelus, 23, appointed on March 23, 2020 by the President of the Republic of Namibia, Hage Geingob, as the new Deputy Minister for Information and Communication Technology, has officially taken office March 24, 2020. Emma Theofelus holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Namibia, a diploma in African feminism and gender...
The government of Namibia has decided to halt the process of recruiting a new board of directors for national operator Telecom Namibia, a subsidiary of the Namibia Post and Telecommunications Holdings Limited (NPTH). This follows complaints of irregularities, according to the country’s Public Enterprises Minister Leon Jooste. While Jooste refused to disclose details of the...
More Africa NewsNamibia: Presidential Economic Panel Recommends Partial Sale of NamPost and Telecom Namibia
Namibia Post (NamPost), the Namibian state-owned company that provides postal services in Namibia, and Telecom Namibia, the incumbent telecommunications operator, are included in the list of 22 public companies that the presidential panel High Level on the Economy recommends the government to partially privatize. On March 11, 2020, the body set up in April 2019 by...
The N$1.1-billion project was initiated in August 2017 and involves 17 local companies with the objective to improve access to telecommunications services. The goal is to construct 524 telecom sites across the country, focusing on the provision of 3G in rural areas and 4G in urban areas. The target for the first phase was to...
The Namibian mobile operator MTC announced on February 25, 2020, the completion of phase 1 of its network modernization project called 081Every1 and the launch of phase 2. Initiated in August 2017, the multi-million dollar project, the implementation of which has been entrusted to 17 local companies, aims to improve Namibians’ access to quality telecom...
More Africa NewsNamibia launched national broadband policy and implementation action plan
February 17, 2020by myles
The Namibian Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MICT) launched its national broadband policy and its implementation action plan on February 13, 2020. Linda Aipinge , the director of ICT development at the ministry, explained that the policy would be spread over 10 years, but that the implementation would last 5 years, with immediate effect....
More Africa NewsNamibia: PowerCom (Pty) Ltd to Invest $ 1.8 Million in 2020 to Improve Internet Access
December 13, 2019by myles
PowerCom (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Telecom Namibia dedicated to the development of telecom infrastructure, announces the investment of N $ 27 million (US $ 1.8 million) in 2020. Alisa Amupolo, the company’s general manager, said new towers will be built across the country, and will help extend the telecom footprint for better service quality...