Airtel Niger has reportedly invested $5.7 million in deploying optical fibre from a major Nigerien city to the country’s border with Nigeria. The deployment of optical fibre began last week from the south-eastern city of Zinder to the small town of Maimoujia. The project is divided into three parts: the construction of a 12 km [...]
A new episode in the telecommunications development in Niger starts with Airtel Niger’s distribution of 4G LTE. Airtel, being the largest network is now the first operator in the country to deploy its 4G network. The launching ceremony was held last Saturday, June 29 at the Radisson Blu Hotel Niamey in the presence of the [...]
The telecom operator Airtel has solicited and obtained from the State, an operating license for its 4G service it will soon launch. The mobile phone company has spent 12 billion FCFA for the acquisition of this new license, revealed Pierre Canton Bakara, CEO of Airtel Niger. This sum is in addition to the investments made [...]
