Namibia Telecoms Industry Report 2024 Featuring Telecom Namibia, MTC, Cell One, Powercom, MTN Business, MWEB, Africa Online Namibia, Internet Technologies Namibia, and iWay
Dublin, June 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Namibia Telecoms Market Report - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Regulator suspends awarding of new telecoms and broadcasting licences
The government's Broadband Policy aims to provide 95% population coverage by 2024, supported by the efforts of telcos including Paratus Telecom which continue to invest in their own extensive network objectives.
Mobile network coverage has increased sharply in recent years. By 2021, 3G infrastructure provided 89% population coverage while LTE infrastructure provided 79% coverage (compared to only 40% a year earlier). Despite the relatively advanced nature of the market, progress towards 5G has been slow, partly due to unsubstantiated public concerns over health implications of the technology which caused the government to order an environmental assessment of 5G in mid-2020. Nevertheless, the government has requested the regulator to speed up its 5G development strategy.
The country's flagging economy since 2016 was exacerbated by the difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues encouraged the government to pursue its plans to sell its stakes in Telecom Namibia and MTC, as well as in a number of other enterprises.
Although Namibia's internet and broadband sector is reasonably competitive, its development was for many years held back by high prices for international bandwidth caused by the lack of a direct connection to international submarine cables. This market situation improved after operators invested in diversifying terrestrial access routes to adjacent countries. By the end of 2022 Namibia is expected to be connected by a 1,050km branch line of Google's Equiano cable running between Portugal and South Africa.
Key Developments:
Paratus and MTN Namibia sign national roaming agreement aimed at quickening the pace of LTE rollouts;
MTN Namibia engages NuRAN Wireless for the deployment of at least 150 GSM and 4G sites across the country;
Regulator suspends the issuing of new telecoms and broadcasting licences between October 2022 and September 2023, also intends to review the current frequency band plan;
Namibia to be connected to Google's Equiano cable system; Paratus completes works on Namibian landing station;
New SIM card registration rules are put in place;
MTC completes its IPO;
Paratus to launch a N$123 million data centre facility in August 2022;
Telecom Namibia upgrades its VSAT hub to provide more reliable connectivity for users in remote areas;
Government calls for the regulator to speed up 5G development strategy;
Government launches the National Broadband Policy and Implementation Action Plan, aiming to provide a universal 2Mb/s services by 2024;
MTC nears completion of Phase 2 of its N$1 billion 081Every1 network expansion project;
Companies Featured
Telecom Namibia
Mobile Telecommunications (MTC)
Cell One (Leo, Orascom)
Powercom
MTN Business Namibia
MWEB Namibia
Africa Online Namibia
Internet Technologies Namibia
iWay
Key Topics Covered:
Key statistics
Regional Africa Market Comparison
Market characteristics
Market Leaders
Market Challengers
Market Emergents
TMI vs GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
Country overview
Telecommunications market
Market analysis
Regulatory environment
Regulatory authorities
Ministerial Communications Division
CRAN (formerly NCC)
Fixed-line developments
Communications Act 2009
Telecom sector liberalisation
International gateways
Privatisation
Interconnection
Number Portability (NP)
Infrastructure sharing
Universal Service
Mobile network developments
Licensing
Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
Roaming
SIM card registration
Mobile market
Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure
5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Other infrastructure developments
GPRS/EDGE
Satellite mobile
Mobile data
Mobile broadband
Major mobile operators
MTC
Telecom Namibia Mobile
Paratus Telecom
MVNOs
Mobile content and applications
Mobile banking
Fixed-line broadband market
Introduction
Broadband statistics
Fixed-line broadband technologies
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed-line broadband services
Digital economy
E-commerce
E-government
Fixed-network operator
Telecom Namibia
Telecommunications infrastructure
National fibre backbone networks
Next-Generation Network (NGN)
International infrastructure
Submarine cables
Smart cities
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