WINDHOEK: Puma Energy Namibia is completing the implementation of free Wi-Fi for customers at 10 filling stations in Windhoek.

The final three stations are expected to be connected by the end of this week.

This initiative aims to provide additional services to customers, complementing the existing convenience shops and quick service restaurants available at certain stations.

Adell Samuelson, General Manager of Puma Energy Namibia, told Nampa on Monday that the business intends to expand the free Wi-Fi service to roughly 90 per cent of its sites across the nation.

This expansion, she explained, is part of the company’s objective to improve the customer experience and convenience.

Samuelson recommended mobile users to exit their vehicles and move away from the forecourt during the fuelling process, and she noted that notices restricting the use of cell phones near filling pumps have been posted at all petrol stations.

She stated that under Namibia’s Petroleum Act, no one is permitted to accept or make a c
all or text on a mobile phone or any other electronic device within two metres of a dispensing pump or other petroleum delivery station.

‘When fuel is distributed from a fuel tanker into an underground storage tank, the user of a mobile or other electronic device should be at least 15 metres away from the procedure. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of the regulation shall be guilty of an offence,’ she stated.

She also stated that safety is Puma Energy’s primary priority, which is why the corporation strictly enforces its policy on the safe use of cellphones at its gas stations.

This approach is consistent with Namibia’s Petroleum Act and scientific evidence that supports this precautionary measure, she stated.

Source: The Namibia News Agency