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7.5 Namibia Telecommunications Profi le 2010
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Telephones - main lines in use
140,000 (2008)
Telephones - mobile cellular
1.052 million (2008)
Telephone system
General assessment: good system; core fi ber-optic network links most centers and
connections are now digital
Domestic: multiple mobile-cellular providers with a combined subscribership of 50
telephones per 100 persons; combined fi xed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about
55 per 100 persons
International: country code - 264; fi ber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio
relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries; connected to the
South African Far East (SAFE) submarine cable through South Africa; satellite earth
stations - 4 Intelsat (2008)
Radio broadcast stations
AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001)
Television broadcast stations
2 (2007)
Internet country code
.na
7.6 Other ICT Statistics
Table 38: Total number of main telephone lines in use in Namibia 2003-2010
Year Telephones -
main lines in use Rank Percent Change Date of Information
2003 110,200 129 2000
2004 127,400 132 15.61 % 2003
2005 127,400 132 0.00 % 2003
2006 127,900 134 0.39 % 2004
2007 127,900 133 0.00 % 2004
2008 138,100 131 7.97 % 2007
2009 138,100 130 0.00 % 2007
2010 140,000 137 1.38 % 2008
Source: United Nations Statistics Division.
Table 39: Total number of mobile cellular phones in use in Namibia 2003-2010
Year Telephones -
mobile cellular Rank Percent Change Date of Information
2003 82,000 97 2000 est.
2004 223,700 130 172.80 % 2003
2005 223,700 131 0.00 % 2003
2006 495,000 133 121.28 % 2005
2007 495,000 133 0.00 % 2005
2008 800,300 139 61.68 % 2007
2009 800,300 142 0.00 % 2007
2010 1,052,000 141 31.45 % 2008
Source: United Nations Statistics Division.