DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Benin - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Development within Benin's telecom market continues to be restricted by the poor condition of the country's fixed-line infrastructure. The use of fixed-line voice and internet services is low, and consequently little revenue is derived from these sectors. Mobile networks account for almost all internet connections, and also carry most voice traffic. As such, it is this sector which is attracting most investment among the two remaining operators, following the closure of services from Glo Mobile and Libercom in 2018.
There has been some progress resulting from improved international internet connectivity and the rapidly escalating bandwidth available, which has led to lower access pricing for end-users. This additional bandwidth has assisted MTN Benin and Moov to expand their networks and provided the necessary backhaul capacity to support the growing use of mobile data applications and service, including m-commerce and m-banking. Improved telecoms infrastructure has the potential to transform many areas of the country's economy, bringing a greater proportion of the population into the orbit of internet commerce and connectivity.
The fixed-line monopoly operator be.Telecoms (rebranded from Benin Telecoms in October 2015) has also expanded its fixed-wireless and DSL-based broadband services in recent years, extending its national fibre backbone and international fibre connections. Long-established plans to privatise the company have thus far come to nought, though through the government's strategy to sell of the company's assets the mobile services unit Libercom was spun off and disbanded, with its subscriber base being migrated to MTN's network.
Although fixed-line internet services have been available in Benin since 1995, access is limited to a small proportion of the population. Fixed-line internet represents only a small fraction of all accesses, with most connections being made via the mobile networks. To address these limitations, the government and regulator are engaged in an ICT development program through to 2021, which aims to provide telecoms services to 80% of the country, mostly via mobile infrastructure.
Key Developments:
- Mobile Number Portability becomes available;
- Libercom and Glo Mobile cease trading;
- Benin joins free roaming scheme;
- MTN agrees to pay CFA134.4 billion in licence fees for 2016 and 2017, is fined XOF1.354 billion for breaches of its licence obligations;
- Government restructures state-owned telcos;
- Benin Smart City construction starts;
- Canal+ signed deal with the Beninese Electric Power Company to provide internet services via powerlines;
- MTN Benin signs five-year Managed Rural Coverage deal with Ericsson;
- Orange commissions new connection from the ACE submarine cable, connecting Benin with Tenerife;
- be.Telecoms launches LTE services;
- Isocel announces plans to roll out FttP services
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donate funds to a mobile vaccine registry program;
- Report update includes the regulators market data to June 2018, telcos operating data to Q4 2018, Telecom maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Key statistics
2 Country overview
3 Telecommunications market
3.1 Market analysis
4 Regulatory environment
4.1 Historical overview
4.2 West African common regulatory framework 2005
5 Fixed network operators
5.1 be.Telecoms Services (Bnin Tlcoms)
6 Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 Overview of the national telecom network
6.2 International infrastructure
6.3 Smart infrastructure
7 Fixed-line broadband market
7.1 Introduction and statistical overview
7.2 Broadband statistics
7.3 Public Internet Access Locations
7.4 Fixed-line broadband technologies
8 Mobile market
8.1 Market analysis
8.2 Mobile statistics
8.3 Regulatory issues
8.4 Mobile infrastructure
8.5 Major mobile operators
8.6 Mobile content and applications
Companies Mentioned
- MTN
- Moov (Telecel)
- Libercom
- BBCom (Bell Benin)
- Glo Mobile (Globacom)
- be.Telecoms (Bnin Tlcoms
- formerly OPT)
- Kanakoo (BeninNet)
- Isocel
- EIT
- FirstNet
- Arts Bobo
- Sobiex Informatique
- Global Trading Agency
- Afripa Telecom
- Thuraya
- Nitel
- Suburban Telecom
- CEB
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