MTC is supporting the dedicated media coverage on the upcoming election through providing journalists with airtime for the purpose of reporting back to the nation more effectively.
The leading telecommunications service provider will give more than 90 journalists designated to covering the upcoming regional and national elections from the various media houses, N$1 000 airtime each during the election period to assist them to stay in touch and report effectively on the elections while on duty or at a particular voting location.
“We understand that this will be a very busy time for journalists and our gesture is to provide basic assistance in keeping the nation informed on this event of national importance,” said Tim Ekandjo, Chief Human Capital & Corporate Affairs Officer at MTC.
MTC recognises the importance of elections as a democratic means to give the nation an opportunity to pick leaders of their choice. MTC is already assisting in spreading the voter education message through the use of cellular telephony by supporting the Electoral Commission of Namibia by availing its technological platforms to assist many Namibians, especially first time voters, to register and vote in the forthcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections.
“We joined this effort last year during the Presidential and National Assembly elections and we are in it again this year to further assist and ensure that the elections process, including voter education, supplementary registration, actual casting of ballots and now the media coverage of this national process is smooth,” added Ekandjo.
Regional and local elections take place nationally in all 13 regions on 26 and 27 November 2010.
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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% of the shares in MTC by acquiring the 49% held by Telia Overseas AB and Swedfund International AB. During 2006, the sale of 34% of MTC shares to Portugal Telecom was concluded for N$1.34 billion while the Namibian government retains the remainder of the stake through NPTH.
MTC currently covers 98% of the population of nearly two million citizens with more than 650 base stations and repeaters and offers a dual band 900/1 800MHz. The company also expanded its cellular coverage to all major towns in Namibia, including the major arterial roads. It further runs two modern MSCs (mobile switching centres) in Windhoek and Oshakati with capacity to accommodate rapidly rising number of customers of over 1.3 million active users. MTC also operates the only full service customer contact centre in Namibia dealing with service queries ranging from telephony, SMS, fax, GPRS, data, voicemail and 3G/HSDPA. A staff of 367 persons serves a diverse market of both pre- and postpaid subscribers.
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