Telecom Namibia is a state owned telecommunication company that provides a wide range of wireline and wireless voice, data and IP connectivity services at national, regional and international levels for wholesale, corporates and retail markets. The company has an extensive state of the art network with point of presence at all its borders and extends to neighbouring countries and to major international destinations through an extensive submarine cable networks. This presentation will give you a detailed view in a simplified language on the coverage and capability of Telecom Namibia network.

Hiwilepo Laban Hiwilepo (Mr). Acting General Manager: Network Provision and Assurance (NPA)

Major qualifications:
MBA, UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), South Africa
MSc (Engineering, Communications Technology), University of Ulm, Germany
BSc (Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications), UCT, South Africa

Years of experience & major career highlights:
12 years experience in Telecommunication of which two years where on part time basis at Nokia, Germany.

Published thesis in The IEE Electronics Letters (UK), Volume 39 Number 20, 2nd October 2003, ISSN 0013-5194.

Other significant positions previously held:
Project Engineer (Telecom Namibia)
Senior Manager: Strategic Planning (Telecom Namibia)
Acting GM: NPA (current position, Telecom Namibia)

Directorship(s) & membership of professional institutes:
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
Member of the Engineering Council of Namibia (ECN) and registered as a Professional Engineer
Corporate Member of the Engineering Professions Association of Namibia
Member of the Information and Communication Programme Committee for the Namibia National Commission for UNESCO (NATCOM) since 2005
Member of the Polytechnic of Namibia Curriculum Advisory Committee for the Electrical Engineering Programme since 2005