Benin - Telecoms Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

A dispute about licence fees between the government of Benin and leading mobile network operators in the country in 2007 has led to an only temporary dent in investor confidence. A newly licensed fifth mobile network successfully launched services in June 2008. Growth prospects are excellent, with penetration rates in all market sectors well below African averages. The Internet and broadband market is underdeveloped due to the poor national fixed-line infrastructure and high cost of international connectivity. A planned new international fibre link is expected to lead to significantly lower prices from 2009. However, for the market potential to fully unfold, several key policy decisions by the government are required. This report provides an overview of the telecommunications sector in Benin, various key statistics and scenario forecasts to 2015.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Overview of Benin’s telecom market
  
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Overview
    
  • 4.2 The big ‘clean-up’ 2007
    
  • 4.3 West African common regulatory framework 2005
    
• 5. Fixed-line operators in Benin
  
  • 5.1 Benin Telecoms
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
    
    • 6.2.1 SAT-3/WASC
      
    • 6.2.2 Glo-1
      
• 7. Broadband & Internet market
  
  • 7.1 Overview
    
    • 7.1.1 Benin Internet Society
      
  • 7.2 Internet access locations
    
    • 7.2.1 Telecentre projects
      
  • 7.3 ISP market
    
    • 7.3.1 Benin Internet Service Providers Association (AFAIB)
      
  • 7.4 Broadband market
    
    • 7.4.1 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
      
    • 7.4.2 WiFi
      
  • 7.5 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
    
• 8. Mobile communications
  
  • 8.1 Overview of Benin’s mobile market
    
    • 8.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
  • 8.2 Major mobile operators
    
    • 8.2.1 MTN (Spacetel-Benin, Areeba)
      
    • 8.2.2 Moov (Telecel Benin)
      
    • 8.2.3 Libercom
      
    • 8.2.4 Bell Benin Communications
      
    • 8.2.5 Globacom
      
  • 8.3 Government confrontation with MTN and Moov
    
  • 8.4 Satellite mobile
    
• 9. Forecasts
  
  • 9.1 Forecasts – fixed-line market to 2015
    
  • 9.2 Forecasts – Internet users to 2015
    
  • 9.3 Forecasts - mobile market to 2015
    
  • 9.4 Notes on forecasting
    
• 10. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2008
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – December 2008
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2008
• Table 8 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2008
• Table 9 – Broadband versus dial-up subscribers – 2001 - 2007
• Table 10 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – December 2008
• Table 11 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 - 2008
• Table 13 – Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers – 2010; 2015
• Table 14 – Forecast Internet users – 2010; 2015
• Table 15 – Forecast mobile subscribers – 2010; 2015