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 1: 2009 TRE Results in Benin. Source: Survey results. We can see that the role players do not globally perceive the regulation of telecommunication and ICT in a satisfactory manner. We can see that the role players do not globally perceive the regulation of telecommunication and ICT in a satisfactory manner. On the score scale ranging from -2 to 2, Benin scored -0,545. Market Entry Interconnection & facilities Universal Service Obligation (USO) Quality of Service Regulation of Anti-Competitive Practices Scarce Resources Tariff Regulation Average -2 2009 -1 0 1 2 2006 Figure 2: TRE comparison 2006 and 2009. Source: Survey results. A comparison of the results obtained here with the results of a survey carried out in 2006 shows a certain deterioration of the telecommunication and ICT regulatory environment in Benin. But this analysis has to be put into perspective for the simple reason that the two surveys were not carried out with the same methodology. In fact, for the TRE of 2009, the methodology was refined in order to obtain more reliable results. This is how a list of essential facts that have marked the sector over the course of the analysed period was drawn up and made available to respondents. The classification of respondents into three categories also led to a bias in the analysis in comparison to 2006. In the rest of this section we will continue to analyse the results sector by sector. The Fixed Line Telephone Sector In Benin, the fixed-line telephone sector remains a public monopoly. Nevertheless, Bénin-Télécom SA, sole operator, is on the way of being privatized. For the first time the monopoly which BéninTélécom SA enjoyed will be transferred to a private monopoly. 18