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Niger
Internet usage, broadband and telecommunications reports


212,480 Internet users
as of June, 2012; 1.3% of the population,
according to ITU.


Niger - officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. Niger covers a land area of almost 1,270,000 km2, making it the largest nation in West Africa, with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara desert. The country has a predominantly Islamic population of just above 15,000,000 is mostly clustered in the far south and west of the nation. The capital city is Niamey, located in the far-southwest corner of Niger.



Niger Map:
Niger map and basic data

Latest Population Estimate:
16,344,687 population for 2013, according to Census Bureau.

Latest GNI Estimate:
GNI per capita was US$ 360 for 2012, according to the World Bank.

Niger Land Size (Area):
Niger has 1,186,408 sq km - Population Density is 14 persons per sq km.

Weather in Niger: Weather in Niger

Niger Internet Usage and Population Statistics:

YEAR

Users

Population

% Pen.

GDP p.c.*

Usage Source

2000

n/a

n/a

n/a %

US$ n/a

ITU

2006

n/a

n/a

n/a %

US$ n/a

ITU

2007

N/A

n/a

n/a %

US$ n/a

ITU

2009

n/a

n/a

n/a %

US$ n/a

ITU

2012

212,480

16,344,687

1.3 %

US$ 360

ITU

Note: Per Capita GDP in US dollars, source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Niger Statistics
World Bank Statistics for Niger


Search Engines and Directories:
Niger Search Engines

Niger Open Directory


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Niger Profile

Niger in the Wikipedia
Niger history, politics, map, geography, economy,
demography, full information and links.


Niger in the CIA Factbook
Niger information about the economy, geography, government,
population, communications, military and transnational issues.


BBC Niger Profile
Up to date resume about Niger leaders, history, main events,
map, flag, geography, news, politics and media links.

Niger National Institute of Statistics
Niger official statistics portal, with useful information.




African Mobile Broadband, Data and Mobile Media Market
This annual report offers a wealth of information on the mobile broadband and data market in 38 African countries as well as the emerging market for mobile content, applications and media on the continent. Subjects covered include Mobile data services, SMS, MMS, WAP, GPRS, EDGE, 3G mobile broadband technologies, WCDMA, HSPA, EV-DO; statistics, trends and analysis; major market players; mobile content, applications and media; Mobile TV; location-based services; M-commerce, m-payments, m-banking.
See the table of contents and report details


African Fixed and Wireless Broadband and Internet Markets Report
Large parts of Africa gained access to international fibre bandwidth for the first time via submarine cables in 2009 and 2010. In other parts of the continent, additional fibre systems have brought competition to a previously monopolised market. More cables are expected to go online in 2011. This has led to massive investments into terrestrial fibre backbone infrastructure to take the new bandwidth to population centers in the interior and across borders into landlocked countries.
See report table of contents


Internet, ICT, Broadband and Consumer E-Commerce in Niger

March 2011 Review


Niger was one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to gain full Internet connectivity. Both fixed-line operators, Niger Telecom and MTN Niger offer a range of data services including ISDN, ADSL and local and international leased lines. Several Internet Service Providers are offering wireless broadband access. A new competition framework will liberalise VoIP Internet telephony completely, creating additional opportunities for them. The introduction of UTL’s Freenet service and a special Internet tariff countrywide have helped to increase Internet usage, as has the recent strong growth of the fixed-line networks and an explosion of the number of cybercafes.

Once referred to as the Pearl of Africa, then devastated by civil war, peace and radical economic reforms have transformed Uganda into one of the fastest-growing economies on the continent. The entry of a second national telecom operator and three mobile networks has revolutionised the telecoms sector. All market segments are experiencing strong growth, while total teledensity is still low at less than 9%. Major initiatives have been launched to bring telecommunication services and the Internet to rural areas of the country, partly funded by the highly successful operators through a universal service fund. A new competition framework has been announced which will include the licensing of a third national operator, a fourth mobile operator and the liberalisation of VoIP telephony.

The introduction of cellular telephony has revolutionised Niger’s telecommunications industry since the first network went live in 1995, with two more following in 1998 and 2001. As early as 1999 Niger became the first country on the continent where the number of mobile subscribers passed the number of fixed-line users, and the ratio is now more than 18:1. The market is consistently growing at around 50% p.a., while market penetration is still low at less than 9%. The recent introduction of GPRS will enable the mobile operators to play a larger role in Internet service provision, and a fourth licence for Third Generation (3G) mobile technology is being considered.



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