Namibia Telecommunications Profile 2013

Telephones - main lines in use

140,000 (2011)

Telephones - mobile cellular

2.24 million (2011)

Telephone system

general assessment: good system; core fiber-optic network links most centers and connections are now digital
domestic: multiple mobile-cellular providers with a combined subscribership of more than 100 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 264; fiber-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

Broadcast media

1 private and 1 state-run TV station; satellite and cable TV service is available; state-run radio service broadcasts in multiple languages; about a dozen private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001)

Television broadcast stations

2 (2007)

Internet country code

.na

Internet hosts

78,280 (2012)

Internet users

127,500 (2009)