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Benin

Level of Competition 2011

Service	Competition
Local services	Monopoly
Domestic fixed long dist	Monopoly
Inter-national fixed long dist	Monopoly
Wireless local loop	Partial competition
Data	Partial competition
DSL	Monopoly
Cable modem	Monopoly
VSAT	n/a
Leased lines	Monopoly
Fixed Wireless Broadband	Monopoly
Mobile	Full competition
Paging	n/a
Cable TV	n/a
Fixed sat	n/a
Mobile sat	n/a
GMPCS	n/a
IMT 2000	n/a
Internet services	Partial competition
Inter-national gateways	Partial competition

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ICT Statistics 2011

Population	9'099'922
GDP$ [2010]	6'558'380'462
Fixed-telephone	1.68
Mobile-cellular	85.33
Mobile-broadband	0.00
Individuals using the Internet	3.50
Fixed (wired)-broadband	0.04
Households with computer [2010]	2.48
Households with Internet	n/a

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Tariff Policies 2012

Cost model to determine prices of regulated services

Accounting separation situation

Planned

Tariff Rebalancing of fixed telephony services implemented

Type of costs on which the cost model is based

	Traditional Retail services	Traditional Wholesale services
Historical costs
Current costs
Other

Cost allocation methodology

	Traditional Retail services	Traditional Wholesale services
Fully Distributed Costs (FDC)
Long-Run Incremental Costs (LRIC)
Other

Approach applied

	Retail services	Wholesale services
Top-down
Bottom-up
Hybrid
Other

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Regulatory Information 2011

Regulatory Authority

Name	Autorité Transitoire de Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications (ATRPT)
Address	01 BP 2034
City	Cotonou
Phone	00 229 21 31 01 65
Fax	00 229 21 31 00 67
Email	contacts@atrpt.bj
Website	www.atrpt.bj

Policy Maker

Name	Ministère de la Communication et des TIC
Address	01 BP 120
City	Cotonou
Phone	00 229 21 31 22 27
Fax	00 229 21 31 59 31
Email	minister@communication.gouv.bj
Website	www.communications.gouv.bj

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Status of the main fixed-line operators

Operator	Status
BENIN TELECOMS SA	State-owned
BENIN TELECOMS SA

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