Editing Telecommunications in Niger (section)

==Internet==

'''[[Top-level domain]]:''' [[.ne]], controlled by the [[parastatal]] telecom company, [[Niger Telecoms]].<ref name=cia2009 />{{Update inline|date=September 2022|?=yes}}

'''[[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]:'''
* 230,084 users, 150th in the world; 1.4% of the population, 205th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=2017-03-29 }}, Population data, International Programs,  U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000–2012"], International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref> 
* 115,900 users, 155th in the world (2009);<ref name=CIAWFB-Niger-2014/>
* &nbsp;&nbsp;40,000 users, 173rd in the world (2006).<ref name=cia2009 />

'''[[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]:''' 3,596 subscriptions, 166th in the world; less than 0.05% of the population, 185th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>

'''[[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]:''' Unknown (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>

'''[[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]:''' 
* 454 hosts, 185th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Niger-2014/>
* 216 hosts, 176th in the world (2008).<ref name=cia2009 />

'''[[List of countries by IPv4 address allocation|IPv4]]:''' 20,480 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 1.2 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=2009-05-13 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>

The [[United Nations]] estimated that there were only 0.3 Internet users per 100 Nigeriens in 2006, up from less than 0.1 per 100 in 2000.<ref name=unpocket2007 /> As a point of reference, the [[Millennium Development Goal]] for least developed countries by 2015 is 8.2 Internet users per 100 population.<ref>[http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/SeriesDetail.aspx?srid=605&crid=562 "Indicator 8.16, Internet users per 100 inhabitants: Niger"], Millennium Development Goals Indicators, United Nations Statistical Division. Retrieved 18 February 2009.</ref>

===Internet censorship and surveillance===

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or reports that the government monitors [[e-mail]] or Internet [[chat rooms]]. Although individuals and groups can engage in the peaceful expression of views via the Internet, few residents have access to it.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Niger-2012>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204151 "Niger"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 22 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.</ref>

The constitution and law provide for [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of the press|press]], and the government generally respects these rights in practice. The constitution and law generally prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Niger-2012/>