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Namibia
Communications
Communications
Namibia
Telephone
Country code: 264.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone operators. Coverage is limited to urban areas.
Internet
There are Internet cafes in Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Windhoek.
Post
Good postal service. Airmail to Europe takes approximately four days to two weeks.
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1600, Sat 0830-1200.
Media
Press freedom is provided for by the constitution and largely respected by the government. Opposition views are broadcast.
Press
• Newspapers are printed Monday to Friday.
• English-language dailies include The Namibian.
• Weeklies include the Windhoek Observer.
• Die Republikein is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper.
• Allgemeine Zeitung is published daily in German.
TV
• The state-owned Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) broadcasts nationwide.
• Desert TV is a Windhoek-based private station.
Radio
• State-run radio is operated by NBC.
• Private music stations include Radio Kudu, Radio 99 and Radio Energy.
• BBC World Service and Voice of America broadcast on short wave.
Telephone
Country code: 264.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone operators. Coverage is limited to urban areas.
Internet
There are Internet cafes in Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Windhoek.
Post
Good postal service. Airmail to Europe takes approximately four days to two weeks.
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1600, Sat 0830-1200.
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1600, Sat 0830-1200.
Media
Press freedom is provided for by the constitution and largely respected by the government. Opposition views are broadcast.
Press
• Newspapers are printed Monday to Friday.
• English-language dailies include The Namibian.
• Weeklies include the Windhoek Observer.
• Die Republikein is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper.
• Allgemeine Zeitung is published daily in German.
• English-language dailies include The Namibian.
• Weeklies include the Windhoek Observer.
• Die Republikein is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper.
• Allgemeine Zeitung is published daily in German.
TV
• The state-owned Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) broadcasts nationwide.
• Desert TV is a Windhoek-based private station.
• Desert TV is a Windhoek-based private station.
Radio
• State-run radio is operated by NBC.
• Private music stations include Radio Kudu, Radio 99 and Radio Energy.
• BBC World Service and Voice of America broadcast on short wave.
• Private music stations include Radio Kudu, Radio 99 and Radio Energy.
• BBC World Service and Voice of America broadcast on short wave.
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