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Société nigérienne des télécommunications

Nigerien national telephone and telecommunications carrier

SONITEL (Société Nigérienne des Télécommunications, 'Nigerien Telecommunications Society') was the Nigerien national telephone and telecommunications carrier from the late 1990s until the mid-2010s. It was created on 20 March 1997 as a fusion of the telecommunications arm of Nigerien Posts and Telecommunications (Office des Postes et Télécommunications) and the STIN (Société des Télécommunications Internationales du Niger, 'International Telecommunications Society of Niger'), which controlled land line telephone connections abroad.2 It ceased to exist in 2016.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 20, 1997Founded1

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SONITEL (Société Nigérienne des Télécommunications, 'Nigerien Telecommunications Society') was the Nigerien national telephone and telecommunications carrier from the late 1990s until the mid-2010s. It was created on 20 March 1997 as a fusion of the telecommunications arm of Nigerien Posts and Telecommunications (Office des Postes et Télécommunications) and the STIN (Société des Télécommunications Internationales du Niger, 'International Telecommunications Society of Niger'), which controlled land line telephone connections abroad. The process had begun with the passage of a law aimed at the privatisation of telecommunications (Ordonnance N°96-031 du 11 juin 1996), and was part of a larger process of internationally led privatisation of Niger's once large parastatal sector. SONITEL had the government of Niger as a majority share holder.2

Timeline

  1. Sep 28, 2016Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Mar 20, 1997Founded Founded1

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