Towards Evidence-based ICT Policy and Regulation
Market Entry
Access to Scarce Resources
Interconnection
Tariff Regulation
Regulation of Anti-competitive practices
USO
QoS
-2
-1
0
1
2
Figure 4: TRE results for mobile telephones in Benin.
Source: TRE survey results (2009).
The Value Added Services Market: The Internet
The results of the survey on the regulatory environment of value added services (notable the
Internet) show that the key role players in the sector are not yet satisfied with this regulation. This
sector remains completely unorganized. Since it was established, the ATRPT has taken certain
measures in view of reorganization works. These measures concern, among others, the suspension
of licences mostly of Internet access providers and the census of role players. To this day, the
general impression, which comes out of the decisions of the ATRPT, is that it deals more with the
telephone sector. The following graph shows the survey results on the value added activities sector,
notably the Internet.
Market Entry
Access to Scarce Resources
Interconnection
Tariff Regulation
Regulation of Anti-competitive practices
USO
QoS
-2
-1
0
1
2
Figure 5: TRE value added services results in Benin.
Source: TRE survey results (2009)
The indicators with the lowest scores here are rates, the management of essential resources, the
management of anti-competitive practices and the quality of services provided, in that order.
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