摘要

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 2008/09. 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.


目录及图表

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 – 2007
Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2007
Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2007
Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2007
Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2007
Table 8 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2007
Table 9 – Broadband versus dial-up subscribers – 2001 - 2007
Table 10 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – 2007
Table 11 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 - 2007
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