en.Wedoany.com Reported - Telecom Namibia has announced a strategic partnership agreement with local open-access fiber network provider Demshi Investment Holdings, leasing its fiber network to accelerate service deployment and replace copper cables with fiber in areas with high rates of copper cable theft and vandalism. Under the agreement, Demshi will be responsible for network deployment, maintenance, and installation of passive optical fiber infrastructure, while Telecom Namibia will utilize the network to provide high-speed internet services to residential and business customers.

Dr. Stanley Shanapinda, CEO of Telecom Namibia, stated that this initiative aims to address copper cable theft challenges in high-risk areas by transitioning to fiber infrastructure, while offering advanced solutions such as cloud PABX for businesses and seamless high-speed connectivity for residential customers. The partnership is part of Telecom Namibia's five-year integrated strategic business plan and the 2025/26 operational plan, designed to accelerate fiber deployment and digital transformation.

This move is also one of the company's recent commitments to improving service quality. Previously, customer complaints cited service interruptions and slower network performance in some areas, which Telecom Namibia attributed to aging infrastructure, hardware failures in critical network systems, instability in certain international connection routes, and an increase in copper cable theft and vandalism. Last week, the company announced plans to replace key network equipment that has reached the end of its service life, upgrade the national backbone network from 10 Gbps to 100 Gbps capacity, expand and modernize international connection gateways, enhance redundancy on critical network routes, and increase security measures to combat infrastructure vandalism and copper cable theft.

In May this year, Telecom Namibia stated that it is implementing an extensive network modernization program, including deploying a converged FMC core, developing a next-generation OSS/BSS platform in collaboration with SATEC to unify customer experience, upgrading backup power systems (including generators, batteries, and solar hybrid systems), and deploying advanced firewalls to protect customer data. The company plans to complete key phases of this network modernization program by June 2027.

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