France Telecom's Orange brand on Monday kicked off its Web, fixed and mobile phone services in Niger, seven months after winning a 48 million euro ($75.87 million) licence. Orange Niger said it started its services in the capital Niamey as well as in four other cities. It hopes to get a 30 percent share of Niger's mobile-phone market in the first year, and 50 percent by 2015.
The new licence breaks up a monopoly in fixed lines enjoyed by Niger's state phone company Sonitel, which is controlled by a consortium of China's ZTE Corp and Libya's LAAICO.
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