By 7 March 2014

The Namibia Internet Exchange Point was launched last week Friday. The new IXP forms part of the African Internet Exchange System project launched in 2012 by the African Union.

The new IXP was formally inaugurated by Hon. Stanley Simataa, Deputy Minister of ICT and Dr. Elham M.A Ibrahim, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union Commission. Also present at the opening were Mr. Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT; Dr. Dawit Bekele, Director African Bureau for the Internet Society; Mr. Frans Ndoroma, Managing Director of Telecom Namibia; Mr. Schalk Erasmus, Chairperson of Namibia’s IXP Association and Mr. Nishal Goburdhan from AFRINIC.

The deputy minister lauded the AU for its support to his country saying it will bring better livelihood to the country.

"With this development, the ICT Sector in Namibia has every reason to celebrate for a new era of localized, cost effective and secure internet traffic, has dawned. That notwithstanding, we are called upon to safeguard this infrastructure for the betterment of the livelihood of the users. I however hasten to state that today's historic event would not have been possible without the invaluable support provided by the African Union Commission," he said.

Dr. Elham also noted the important role ICT is playing the continent especially in development, creating employment, providing opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as acting as an enabler in the digital delivery of government services, education, and healthcare.

Telecom Namibia’s managing director Frans Ndoroma described the launch as “another milestone” in Namibia’s Internet history.

“Today we are not just launching a switch, but the establishment of a foundation. So this is a truly fine start, but the journey has just begun for the entire Internet community of Namibia,” Ndoroma said.

The new IXP is hosted at Telecom Namibia’s co-location facilities in Windhoek, because most ISPs to be connected to

be connected to the new switch have been running their services off the Telecom Namibia network all the years.

“Telecom Namibia was fulfilling the role of the local IXP up to now. For that reason, we are happy to host the new IXP at Telecom Namibia on behalf of Government - our 100% shareholder,” the MD said.

Ndoroma further said that with a WACS landing point, the newly gained international connectivity and upgrade of the national network to all stations and end-users, Telecom Namibia was opening up avenues for increased digital participation by Namibians.

“Also direct connections and link capacity upgrades to neighbouring countries like Zambia, Angola, Botswana and Zimbabwe - with others to follow, has positioned Namibia well to play the role of a regional Internet traffic hub,” he added.

Ndoroma said that the presence of a domestic would IXP enhance Namibia’s ability to build a robust domestic internet eco system and economy.

“It is our belief that this IXP will begin to attract content providers, along with business, academic, and government users, and thereby become the centre of a vibrant Internet ecosystem in the country.

“We need to encourage the development and hosting of local content. Major companies operating in Namibia must also be encouraged to start shifting ground from hosting abroad to hosting in Namibia. They need to migrate some of their servers into the country, because we have capacity to host their contents,” he added.

The project aims to retain Africa’s Internet traffic by building capacity and providing technical assistance to facilitate the establishment of national Internet exchange points as well as regional Internet exchange points in Africa. The role of IXP is to keep local internet traffic within local infrastructure and to reduce costs associated with traffic exchange between Internet service providers (ISPs). Namibia is amongst 25 countries that have benefited from the project so far.

By 14 March 2014

tn mobile today has started a free data promotion, which provides internet surfing for free to subscribers, thus delivering more value for late night data users.

The data option will be known as Night Surfer. Users will now be able to enjoy surfing on tn mobile’s high speed network from midnight to 6am for 10 days.

To be able to enjoy the free data offering, subscribers are required to subscribe with N$10 for the free internet between 24h00 – 06h00. This can be renewed after every 10 days over a period of three months of the promotion.

Subscribers should dial a USSD code *130*1# to enjoy the free data offering.

Oiva Angula, Senior Manager for Corporate Communication & Public Relations at Telecom Namibia says, “This is a case of passing the benefit of our quality, uncongested network back to the customer.”

Night Surfing will provide value for money and enable subscribers to surf the internet conveniently. tn mobile’s data products continue to be affordable and deliver unmatched value to subscribers.

Night Surfer is available as part of a tn mobile’s promo subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • Only prepaid customers can subscribe for the offer
  • The promo excludes roaming
  • All other tariffs are applicable as per package subscribed

The promo will last for three months until 30 June 2014.

14 March 2014

tn mobile, the mobile brand of Telecom Namibia, has launched a Free Money promotion with double data advantages for its GSM subscribers.

The promo, which starts today, will see prepaid and hybrid subscribers’ airtime doubled up for free when they buy airtime to recharge their phones.

“This is applicable to all the tn mobile recharge voucher denominations,” said Kambonde Phillip, Product Manager for Mobile at Telecom Namibia.

The reward amount given to the customer for top-ups is subject to the following:

  • The Double-Up Campaign is only applicable to tn mobile Prepaid and Hybrid customers
  • The free money for the promotion will be placed in a separate “Wallet”.
  • The free money cannot be used to buy any subscription or data packages.
  • The free money will only be valid for the duration of the promotion.

“Subscribers are encouraged to top-up and receive the bonus airtime and talk longer to friends and family on the network for the duration of the promotion,” Phillip said.

The promo will last for three months until 30 June 2014.

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