Editing Telecommunications in Namibia (section)

== Internet ==

* [[Top-level domain]]: [[.na]]<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]: 1,291,944 users, 134th in the world; 51% of the population (2019).<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=2017-03-29 }}, Population data, International Programs,  U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209141641/http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls |date=2014-02-09 }}, International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: 61,698 subscriptions, 131st in the world (2019).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726064920/http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx |date=2019-07-26 }}, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]: 624,257 subscriptions, 86th in the world; 28.8% of the population, 56th in the world (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726064920/http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx |date=2019-07-26 }}, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]: 78,280 hosts, 84th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>
* [[IPv4]]: 199,168 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 92.0 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=2009-05-13 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004113653/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html |date=2018-10-04 }}, [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>
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[[Telecom Namibia]], which has offered [[ADSL]] access since late 2006,<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200609150845.html "Namibia: Telecom Namibia to Provide Broadband Internet Services"]{{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002035416/http://allafrica.com/stories/200609150845.html |date=2012-10-02 }}, All Africa, 15 September 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref> has a de facto monopoly on ADSL access. Their monopoly was unsuccessfully challenged in the courts by MWeb Namibia in May 2007<ref>http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2007/0705311034.asp?A=AFN&S=All%20Africa%20News&O=E&C  {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and again in August 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2011/august/article/mweb-loses-internet-case-against-telecom/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606180224/http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2011/august/article/mweb-loses-internet-case-against-telecom/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-06|title=the Namibian: MWeb loses internet case against Telecom|date=2012-06-06|access-date=2018-08-01}}</ref>

In February 2007, ISP Namibia Mweb began offering broadband wireless services through [[WiMax]], making [[Namibia]] the second African country (after [[Mozambique]]) to do so.<ref>http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2007/0702121031.asp?S=Mobile%20and%20Wireless%20Technology&A=MAW&O=FPQQ#1  {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Internet censorship and surveillance===

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet; however, the Communications Act provides that the intelligence services can monitor [[e-mail]] and Internet usage with authorization from any magistrate. There have been some allegations and rumors that the government reviewed ways to block or curtail social media sites, but there is no concrete evidence of such action.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Namibia-2012>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204149 "Namibia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331055232/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204149 |date=2021-03-31 }}, ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 22 March 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref>

The constitution provides for [[freedom of speech]] and of the [[freedom of the press|press]], and the government generally respects these rights.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Namibia-2012/>