Editing Telecommunications in Namibia (section)

==Telephones==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Namibia}}

* [[Calling code]]: +264<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818054651/http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf |date=2013-08-18 }}, Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
* Main lines in use:<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>
** 144,575 lines, 126th in the world (2019);
** 171,000 lines (2012);
** 140,000 lines (2008); 
** 127,900 lines (2004); 
** 110,200 lines (2000); 
** 100,848 lines (1997).
* Mobile cellular:<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>
** 2.92 million lines, 142nd in the world (2019);
** 2.4 million lines (2012);
** 1.1 million lines (2008); 
** 450,000 lines (2006);
** 495,000 lines (2005); 
** &nbsp;&nbsp;82,000 lines (2000 estimate); 
** &nbsp;&nbsp;20,000 lines (1998). 
* Telephone system: good system; core fiber-optic network links most centers and connections are now digital; multiple mobile-cellular providers with a combined subscribership of more than 100 telephones per 100 persons; fiber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: connected to the [[ACE (cable system)|African Coast to Europe]] (ACE)<ref>[http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/ace/default/EN/all/ace_en/ "ACE: Africa Coast to Europe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130212409/http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/ace/default/EN/all/ace_en/ |date=2014-01-30 }}, Orange SA. Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref> and the [[WACS (cable system)|West Africa Cable System]] (WACS)<ref>[http://wacscable.com/index.jsp "West Africa Cable System (WACS)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120164925/http://wacscable.com/index.jsp |date=2014-01-20 }}, Tata Communications Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref> submarine cables, as well as the [[SAFE (cable system)|South African Far East]] (SAFE) submarine cable through [[South Africa]] (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: 4 [[Intelsat]] (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>