Namibia hopes to beat digital migration deadline

The ITU deadline for switching off all analogue signal is 17th June.
The ITU deadline for switching off all analogue signal is 17th June.

Namibia is hoping to beat the 17 June deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to fully convert to digital broadcasting.

The ITU deadline has set for 17 June as the day on which all analogues signals will be permanently switched off.

Deputy minister of communication technology, Stanley Simataa said in Windhoek that the country’s Digital terrestrial television (DTT) has reached over 67% population coverage with more than 20 sites countrywide on DTT transmitters.

Simataa said close to 30 000 decoders been sold so far in areas surrounding the capital, Windhoek.

Namibia is ranked as one of the southern African countries at the advanced stage migrating from analogue to digital signal before deadline. Other countries are Mauritius, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.

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