Telecom Namibia has earmarked between N$90 million and N$100 million for improving network quality and expanding coverage in the country.
The telecommunications giant has initiated upgrades of several mobile sites from 2G to 3G and 4G technology as part of this investment.
Telecom Namibia Chief Executive Officer Stanley Shanapinda highlighted that the move is aimed at enhancing network performance and accessibility for customers across the country.
“We have a budget of roughly N$90 to N$100 million for improving the network quality of service. What we have done is upgrade a few mobile sites from 2G to 3G to 4G so that we can also expand the coverage. That’s the key thing that we have done,” Shanapinda told The Brief.
He detailed the second initiative focused on decongesting the network. Telecom deployed teams to perform quality testing at several sites.
“The second one is to decongest, so we have sent out our teams to do the quality testing of the sites. We have decongested a lot of the sites, so the services and the coverage have improved,” he noted.
Shanapinda said if one travels to areas such as Swakopmund, Okahao and Okahandja, notable improvements in service quality and coverage are evident.
“If you drive to Swakopmund, Okahao, for example, and around Okahandja, then you would see that the quality of the services has improved and the pickup has been great, so we look at decongestion at mobile services,” he said.
This comes as the telecommunications provider has signed a 5-year agreement with telecommunications giant Huawei that will see Telecom acquiring cutting-edge mobile equipment to expand its mobile network across the country.
The collaborations is part of Telecom Namibia’s Integrated Strategic Business Plan 2027, focusing on network modernisation and wider coverage.
