Communications in Namibia
Telephones - main lines in use:
100,848 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
20,000 (1998)
Telephone system:
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 34, shortwave 5 (1998)
Radios:
232,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
60,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): NA
domestic:
good urban services; fair rural service; microwave radio relay links major towns; connections to other populated places are by open wire; 100% digital
international:
fiber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries; connected to Africa ONE and South African Far East (SAFE) submarine cables through South Africa; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat