With the fast-paced Internet landscape continuously changing, Gregan said there was awareness that Web usage was changing and bandwidth requirements were growing.

Gregan added that it was important to 'shift the goalposts' in order to keep up with user demands. He underlined the various leads MWeb had taken so far, including being the first Internet service provider to introduce broadband. Gregan said once the final aspects of the merger had been concluded, more elaborate information regarding any product changes would be dealt with. We intend to use the capabilities and the capacity of the new company to the hilt, as we have done in the past with the MWeb group,' he said. 'And more importantly for Namibia, its satellite capabilities are exceptionally strong. It has exceptional Internet capabilities, in the form of shareholding in EASSY, the undersea cable running along the East African coast. 'Telkom has a Pan-African presence in 32 countries across the continent. Some of the temporary difficulties came about when 'systems were migrated, but these were a matter of hours and were quickly rectified.'Īlthough in the short term there will be no significant changes for users, Gregan said that 'there are definitely very exciting changes ahead'. 'E-mail addresses will be valid for the foreseeable future, to allow users to change their stationery and alert their contacts at a pace which suits them. Gregan said other than the name change, Namibian Internet users will not be affected.

How does this affect Namibian Internet users? Interbrand, the group handling the new Pan-African brand, recommended use of the AfricaOnline brand as the name for the Namibian company,' he said. 'Obviously, use of the Telkom SA's 'iWay Africa' mother brand was unsuitable for Namibia. Marc Gregan, General Manager for Namibia, explained that the local AfricaOnline company was absorbed by MWeb Namibia, after the Competition Commission approved the integration. This follows the acquisition of MWeb's African companies and the AfricaOnline group by Telkom SA, and subsequent the integration of the companies under the Telkom-owned Pan-African company, iWay Africa. MWEB Namibia has announced that it is changing its name to Africa Online.

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