Namibia: Improved Internet connectivity by the private sector
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Improved Internet connectivity by the private sector received a significant boost last week when Internet Technologies Namibia (ITN) commissioned their second satellite dish to provide another direct international broadband link.
This dish more than doubles their current bandwidth and opens up many opportunities for the local bulk users of Internet bandwidth. It also spreads the risk of bad links and reduces dependence in Telecom’s Infinitum backbone.
The big concave structure overlooking the Northern Industrial Area was aptly named “Omujowa 2”, a Herero name for a giant mushroom selected by the company following a public opinion poll.
ITN was granted licenses to operate both Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and Broadband Wireless services in April and November 2007, respectively, by the Namibian Communications Commission (NCC).
This led to the erection of the company’s first Wi-MAX base station in December 2007.
With satellite technology at the forefront of communications globally, ITN developed plans to erect a second, more powerful earth station and hence Omujowa 2. The second earth station connects Namibia to Europe and ITN selected its connection point to be Aflenz, Austria.
Improved Internet connectivity by the private sector received a significant boost last week when Internet Technologies Namibia (ITN) commissioned their second satellite dish to provide another direct international broadband link.
This dish more than doubles their current bandwidth and opens up many opportunities for the local bulk users of Internet bandwidth. It also spreads the risk of bad links and reduces dependence in Telecom’s Infinitum backbone.
The big concave structure overlooking the Northern Industrial Area was aptly named “Omujowa 2”, a Herero name for a giant mushroom selected by the company following a public opinion poll.
ITN was granted licenses to operate both Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and Broadband Wireless services in April and November 2007, respectively, by the Namibian Communications Commission (NCC).
This led to the erection of the company’s first Wi-MAX base station in December 2007.
With satellite technology at the forefront of communications globally, ITN developed plans to erect a second, more powerful earth station and hence Omujowa 2. The second earth station connects Namibia to Europe and ITN selected its connection point to be Aflenz, Austria.
