SONITEL

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SONITEL (Société Nigérienne des Télécommunications, 'Nigerien Telecommunications Society') was the

parastatal sector.[2]
SONITEL had the government of Niger as a majority share holder.

Following the 1999 Constitution of the

FranceTelecom and SONATEL.[3] The government of Niger continued to hold 34.11% of the company, with private investors taking 11%, the 1300 employees of SONITEL holding 3%, and France Câbles & Radio – who had been a stakeholder in STIN, 0.89%.[4] In 2004, SONITEL's mobile phone arm was opened up to face foreign competition, but SONITEL continued to hold a monopoly on Internet communication, the .ne name registry, and international fixed line voice communication.[5][6]

Following mobile phone competition, SONITEL was widely criticised for poor performance,

First Libyan Civil War
. The nationalisations were completed in 2012.

On 28 September 2016, the Nigerien government merged SONITEL with SahelCom to create Niger Telecoms.

See also

  • Communications in Niger

References

  1. ^ TRIBUNE LIBRE : La libéralisation totale du Secteur des Télécommunications au Niger : Quelles conséquences sur les cadres politique, institutionnel et réglementaire ? Malam Garba Abdou, csdptt.org, 21 December 2004.
  2. ISBN 0-8108-3136-8
    .: 239–241 
  3. ^ China swoops on Niger privatisation. 9 November 2001
  4. ^ SONITEL:Historique.
  5. ^ "UNHCR | Refworld | U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2003 - Niger". www.unhcr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07.
  6. ^ France Telecom décroche une licence globale au Niger REUTERS 22.11.2007
  7. ^ Eldorado des Télécommunications au Niger. Des combinaisons échappent à l'Etat. Planete Afrique. 9 juin 2008
  8. ISBN 92-9014-634-6
  9. ^ a b Niger: Télécoms Sonitel renationalisée AFP. 13 February 2009
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