On the one hand, Arts. 3 and 11 of the Law No. 2019-03 state that there is no general obligation to monitor content without prejudice to any surveillance activity requested by the Nigerien judicial authorities where this is necessary to safeguard public safety, defence, security, the repression of crimes against humanity, incitement to violence and ethnic or religious hatred, as well as pornography, in particular, child pornography, terrorism and money laundering and for the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences. On the other hand, Arts. 2 and 11 of the Law state that there is an exception which applies to the Law on Cybercrime. In fact, service providers must monitor the presence of any illegal act under the Law on Cybercrime committed using a computer system. This article also defines service providers as "any public or private entity which offers users of its services to communicate by means of a computer system or any other entity that processes or stores computer data for this communication or its users".

The indicator "6.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 3 in Niger for the year 2023. This corresponds to "Rarely but there have been a few occasions throughout the year when the government shut down domestic access to Internet."

Niger has a national structure responsible for developing standards called the Nigerien Standardisation of Metrology and Certification Agency. According to Art. 2.1 foreign companies are not authorised to be members of this standardisation organisation. However, upon request from economic partners or if necessary, technical standardisation committees are created (Art. 3). The foreign companies can express their opinions in this technical committee.

Type approval procedures in Niger are regulated by the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP). The conformity requirements are basically identical to those of the European Union (Declaration of Conformity according to EU Directive 2014/53/EU). The homologation process in Niger does not require local laboratory testing or contact with local representatives.
According to Arts. 2, 3 and 14 of of Law No. 2002-028, third-party certification from Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) that are recognised (or approved) by the regulator are accepted. However, certification from CABs is not always mandatory.

Art. 1 of Law No. 2018-47 states that the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (Electronic Communications and Post Regulatory Authority, ARCEP), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process and enjoys financial and management autonomy.

According to Arts. 62 and 63 of Law No. 2022-059, transfer of personal data outside the country is subject to authorisation from the Haute Autorité de Protection des Données Personnelles (HAPDP or High Authority of Personal Data Protection). Apart from the condition of authorisation from the HAPDP, there are other conditions to be fulfilled, including that transfer can only be conducted to a country that guarantees a sufficient level of security or, if that condition is not met, that some conditions are fulfilled such as the authorisation by the owner of the data, the necessity of the transfer for health or juridical procedure, among others.
This law repealed Law No. 2017-28, Art. 24, which provided that a cross-border transfer was also subject to authorisation by the data protection authority.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Niger, applicants resident outside the territory of the Member States must file through an agent selected in one of those Member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the Profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

Niger is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Niger has a copyright regime under the Ordinance No. 2010-95. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 10-27 list the exceptions, which include free reproduction for private use, free use for teaching and scientific research, free reproduction for judicial and administrative purposes, and free use for information purposes, among others.
In addition, the Revised Bangui Agreement is a regional intellectual property law that is not only a regional convention applicable in all member states but also serves as a national intellectual property law in Niger and each of the other member states. The Revised Bangui Agreement contains provisions on copyright in Annex VII: Chapter IV (Limitations to Economic Rights) and establishes a regime of copyright exceptions. Nevertheless, these exceptions similarly do not conform to the fair use or fair dealing models.

Niger has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty

Niger has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Niger does not have a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them. Provisions addressing disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information in the course of industrial or commercial activities by third parties can be found in Art. 6 of Annex VIII of the Bangui Agreement ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Niger, in 2002.

According to Arts. 3 and 4 of the Decree 2012-527/PRN/MC/NTI, passive infrastructure sharing in the telecom sector is an obligation. When telecom operators plan to deploy their telecommunications networks or services to the public, they must prioritise any solution that involves the sharing of existing infrastructure.

Niger Telecoms is a fully state-owned telecommunications company created in 2016 by the merger of the two Nigerien state telecommunications companies, Sonitel (voice and internet via fixed telephony) and Sahelcom (voice and internet via mobile telephony).

It is reported that Niger mandates functional and accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.