Telecommunication
Infrastructure | Informatics | ICT Training and Development | Broadcasting/Media
Telecommunication Infrastructure
Société
Nigérienne des Télécommunications (SONITEL) is the
national telecommunication operator established in March 1997, following the merger of Société
des Télécommunications Internationales (STIN) with Office des Postes et
des Télécommunications (OPT).
The Regulatory authority is the Direction
de la Réglementation des Télécommunications (DRPT) under the Ministère de la
Communication et de la Culture.
Nigerpac is the
data transmission network established in 1989. Nigerpac uses X75 and X25 for data
transmission, and it provides access to the French network Minitel.
Teledensity:
- Total: 0.16
(1999)
- Largest cities:
1.78 (1999)
- Rest of the country:
0.06 (1999)
Digital main lines: 76.80%
(1999)
Waiting list for a telephone
line:
- Total: 1,400 (1998)
- Average waiting time:
1 year (1998)
- Total demand (k):
19.6 (1998)
- Satisfied demand (%):
92.6 (1998)
Telephone Tariffs:
| PSTN connection
charge - residential |
US$ 90 |
| PSTN connection
charge - business |
US$ 120 |
| PSTN monthly
subscription - residential |
US$ 5.60 |
| PSTN monthly
subscription - business |
US$ 5.60 |
| PSTN three minute
local call |
US$ 0.15 |
Source:
World Telecommunication Development Report, 1999
Public telephones: 190
(1999)
Public telephones per 1000
inhabitants: 0.02 (1999)
Mobile cellular subscribers:
1,300 (1999)
Cellular subscribers as a %
of total telephone susbcribers: 6.9 (1999)
Mobile cellular tariffs (1999):
na
Telecommunications revenue (M
US$): 22.5 (1999)
Telecommunications investment
(M US$): 2.5 (1998)
Telecommunications investment as
a % of revenue (M US$): 11.10 (1998)
Telecom equipment imports
(M US$): 1.6 (1999)
Telecom equipment exports
(M US$): na
Telecentres: na
Facsimiles: 300
(1998)
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Informatics
The Délégué Général à l'Informatique
(DELGI) is the government body responsible for national ICT policy in Niger.
DELGI is attached to the Office of the President, and has received material support
(hardware, software and office equipment) from the UNDP Resident Office.
The Niamey Center of the Institut de
Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), formerly known as ORSTOM, has a
leased line link to SONITEL, and it provides web hosting services on its local server.
Currently, the following institutions have their web pages hosted on the web server:
- CERMES ( Centre de recherche sur les
méningites et les schistosomoses)
- FAO - Système mondial d'information et d'alerte rapide sur l'agriculture et l'alimentation (SMIAR)
- Groupe de travail
interdisciplinaire en informatique (GT2I). Université A. Moumouni (NIGER)
The Computer Centre of IRD has made
available a public room where trainees, partners and others can browse information on the
World Wide Web. The room is equipped with four computers connected to the Internet, and
printers.
The Groupe de Travail
Interdisciplinaire (GT2I) was established in 1994 following the initiatives
taken by a number of lecturers and researchers at the Université Abdou Moumouni de
Niamey. The main objective of GT2I is to promote information technology in the research
and academic sector.
The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
(ACMAD) is the foundation for regional integration and cooperation among
African nations in the application of hydrological and meteorological products for poverty
alleviation and improving the socio-economic fabric of people's lives. The Centre
was conceived in April 1985 by the Economic Commission of Africa Conference of Ministers
and co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in 1993. In July
1999, ACMAD launched a project entitled "Communication for Rural Communities using
Radio and Internet (RANET)". The project is meant to strengthen the capabilities of
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) of twelve African countries as a
pilot effort to demonstrate the importance of dissemination of meteorological information,
alerts and warnings to rural areas of Africa.
The Centre Régional AGRHYMET
was created in 1974 as a specialised agency of the Comité permanent
inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) regrouping nine
West African countries: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. AGRHYMET has a major programme focusing on the collection
and management of information on food security, desert control, and natural resources
management.
The following are national
institutions involved in the collection and dissemination of information in Niger:
- The Centre d'Information et
de Documentation Economiques et Sociales (CIDES) at the Ministère du Plan is
responsible for national scientific and technical information policy, and the
harmonisation of information management systems in the country;
- The Centre d'Information et
de Documentation pour le Développement Rural (CIDR) is the RESADOC focal point
for Niger. CIDR is planning a national information network for all agricultural
institutions in Niger.
Computer
per 100 inhabitants: 0.04 (1999)
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Broadcasting/Media
Radio Broadcasting: Voix du
Sahel is the state-owned agency broadcasting on AM and FM.
Television Broadcasting: Tele
Sahel is the state-owned agency responsible for TV broadcasting.
Radios per
100 inhabitants: 6.8 (1995)
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: 2.7 (1999)
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes/antennas: 1,100 (1999)
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