The Namibian Internet Development
Foundation (NAMIDEF) was the first ISP to operate in the country, and it later on,
teamed up with UUNet of South Africa to provide Internet services.
All private Namibian ISPs get their
international bandwidth from the Republic of South Africa via telecom satellite and/or
landline, and the total bandwidth currently stands at 2 Mbps. The dominant ISP in Namibia
used to be UUNET Internet Africa
Namibia (UIAN). However it ceded its customers to Africa Online as of 31 March 2000.
UUNET now provides Internet network services to Africa Online. The other ISPs are
Internet World Wide Namibia (IWWN),
IML-Net (which
provides Internet services exclusively to the central Namibian coast) and Persetel Q-Data Namibia.
In addition to the capital city,
Windhoek, efforts are being made to establish points of presence (POPs) in various
locations of the country.
The library at the University of
Namibia provides also Internet access on four computers purchased and installed as part of
the Communication and Library (COMLIB) Project financed by the Belgian Government. The
service is restricted to the University community.
Web marketing has
been embraced by Namibia's Tourism Industry, which has introduced direct reservations and
confirmation through e-mail.
Internet host sites: 3,439
(2000)
Internet subscribers
(1999):
- Total: 2,000
- Internet subscribers per 10,000
inhabitants: 12.10
Internet Users (1999):
- Total: 6,000
- Users per 10,000 inhabitants: 35.41
Internet use by categories:
- Commercial:
- Academic:
- Research:
- NGO/UN/International:
- Government:
- Others:
Internet bandwidth (Kbps):
2,000
