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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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| 2013-07-30
Bidvest seeks telecommunications licence
BIDVEST Namibia Information Technology, has applied for a Comprehensive Telecommunications Service Licence, which would among other things, allow the company to enter the mobile phone market.
“Bidvest Namibia Information Technology has its medium to long-term strategy to become a fully fledged ASP/ISP and to expand our WAN from current 15 major locations to cover the entire Namibia,” said general manager Pierre Joubert in an application lodged with Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN).
The company currently provides hosted application services from two data centres. Joubert said in the application that these services require its clients to have connectivity from their premises to Bidvest. Bidvest has applied for radio frequencies; 2.4 Hhz to 2.5GHz, 5.725Ghz to 5.875GhZ and 24.000Ghz to 24.250Ghz.
“In town wireless point to point network for last mile connectivity to our data centres or to local points of presence,” Joubert said on the services intended for provision. Bidvest has indicated Wi-Fi as its medium transmission.
Stanley Shanapinda, the CEO of CRAN said in an interview that the licence applied for by Bidvest is a service neural, which means the company can in future venture into mobile and other voice services if it so wishes.
“It depends on what their plans are,” he said adding that such a licence would be the same as the ones held by MTC Namibia and Leo.
The public may submit comments in respect of the notices within 14 days from 19 July.
In May, CRAN awarded 28 new spectrum-use licence certificates to local service providers.
The new licences replace the broadcast licences previously granted by its predecessor, the Namibian Communications Commission.
The new licences move away from technology-specific authorisation, allowing holders service- and technology-neutral broadcasting permission. Companies awarded universal service licences in May include Telecom Namibia, Capricorn Radio, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC), One Africa Television, Leo and Radio Ecclesia.
In the Annual Report ended 31 December 2012, Bidvest said the commercial division will persist to strategise, effectively diversify and increase efforts within the development strategies currently in place.
“All businesses are adequately funded and investment opportunities are pursued as and when they arise,” Bidvest said.
Bidvest is a services, trading and distribution company listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange. It employs 2 500 people. Bidvest is part of Bidvest South Africa.
Schoemans Technologies has also has submitted an application for a Comprehensive Telecommunications Service licence and a Spectrum Use Licence.
“Bidvest Namibia Information Technology has its medium to long-term strategy to become a fully fledged ASP/ISP and to expand our WAN from current 15 major locations to cover the entire Namibia,” said general manager Pierre Joubert in an application lodged with Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN).
The company currently provides hosted application services from two data centres. Joubert said in the application that these services require its clients to have connectivity from their premises to Bidvest. Bidvest has applied for radio frequencies; 2.4 Hhz to 2.5GHz, 5.725Ghz to 5.875GhZ and 24.000Ghz to 24.250Ghz.
“In town wireless point to point network for last mile connectivity to our data centres or to local points of presence,” Joubert said on the services intended for provision. Bidvest has indicated Wi-Fi as its medium transmission.
Stanley Shanapinda, the CEO of CRAN said in an interview that the licence applied for by Bidvest is a service neural, which means the company can in future venture into mobile and other voice services if it so wishes.
“It depends on what their plans are,” he said adding that such a licence would be the same as the ones held by MTC Namibia and Leo.
The public may submit comments in respect of the notices within 14 days from 19 July.
In May, CRAN awarded 28 new spectrum-use licence certificates to local service providers.
The new licences replace the broadcast licences previously granted by its predecessor, the Namibian Communications Commission.
The new licences move away from technology-specific authorisation, allowing holders service- and technology-neutral broadcasting permission. Companies awarded universal service licences in May include Telecom Namibia, Capricorn Radio, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC), One Africa Television, Leo and Radio Ecclesia.
In the Annual Report ended 31 December 2012, Bidvest said the commercial division will persist to strategise, effectively diversify and increase efforts within the development strategies currently in place.
“All businesses are adequately funded and investment opportunities are pursued as and when they arise,” Bidvest said.
Bidvest is a services, trading and distribution company listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange. It employs 2 500 people. Bidvest is part of Bidvest South Africa.
Schoemans Technologies has also has submitted an application for a Comprehensive Telecommunications Service licence and a Spectrum Use Licence.
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