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Niger has a population of 18.2 million and is served by 4 mobile network operators: Airtel (Bharti Airtel), Moov (Etisalat), SahelCom (Sonitel) and Orange. With 4.2 million mobile subscribers, penetration stands at 23.0%. Across the four mobile operators two are dominant:
Airtel had 1.9m subscribers at y/e 2013 (44.2% market share)
Orange had 1.4m subscribers at y/e 2013 (34.3% market share)
Moov had 0.6m subscribers at y/e 2013 (14.5% market share)
SahelCom 0.3m subscribers at y/e 2013 (7.0% market share)
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Niger mobile operators
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The Multisectoral Regulatory Authority or (ARM) is responsible for telecommunications within Niger.