The year-on-year (2005-2006) traffic has seen a rise of some 121 percent, i.e. a total volume of 322,983,732 for 2005 and 714,503,333 for 2006. The December 2005 and 2006 comparisons stand at some 112 percent. That is, 42,132,883 for the month of December 2005 compared to 89,527,225 for December 2006.
This year has seen minimal service disruptions experienced in the past due to network overload, especially during Christmas and New Year's Eve weekends. "Our continued efforts aimed at increasing our capacity and network quality to cater for increased traffic volumes over the past few years have are clearly yielding the desired results. As we have explained in the past no network provider worldwide is spared the challenge of queues building up at peak periods but we are performing very well against all key indicators of quality and service." Mr Jose Ferreira, Managing Director of MTC Namibia concluded.
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MTC (Mobile Telecommunications Limited) was established in 1995 as a joint venture between Namibia Post and Telecommunications Holdings (NPTH), Telia and Swedfund. During May 2004, NPTH concluded a deal that saw it hold 100 per cent of the shares in MTC by acquiring the 49 per cent held by Telia Overseas AB and Swedfund International AB. NPTH is 100 per cent owned by the Government of the Republic of Namibia. During 2006 the sale of 34% of MTC shares to a strategic/technical partner were concluded with Portugal Telecom which also holds the management contract.
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