MAP > Internet Providers in Benin

The Use of fixed-line voice and the internet services is very low, and hence very minimal revenue is getting derived from the sectors. The mobile network accounts for almost all the internet connections as well as carry most voice traffic. Therefore, it is this sector that has been attracting very many investments among two remaining operators, this was after the closure of the services from the Glo Mobile and the Libercom in 2018.

We have witnessed good progress that has resulted from the improved international internet connectivity as well as rapidly escalating bandwidth available that has been able to lead to the lower access pricing for the end users. The additional bandwidth has assisted the MTN Benin and the Moov to be able to expand the network and offers necessary backhaul capacity to be able to support growing use of the mobile data applications and the service, and this includes m-commerce and the m-banking. The improved telecoms infrastructure has potential to be able to transform very many areas of country’s economy, bringing greater proportion of population into the interconnectivity and orbit of internet commerce.

Fixed-line monopoly operator by the name be. Telecoms that rebranded from the Benin Telecoms in the month of October 2015 has expanded to the fixed wireless and the DSL based broadband service in the recent years, extending the national fiber backbone and the international fiber connections. The Long establishment plans to be able to privatize company have hence come to naught, through government strategy to be able to sell off the company’s assets mobile services unit. The Libercom was easily spun off and also disbanded, with the subscribers base being migrated to the MTN’s network.

Despite fixed-line internet service, have always been available in Benin from the year 1995, access has been limited to the small proportion of population. The fixed line internet gets to represent only the small fraction of all the accesses, with most of the connections being made via mobile networks. To be able to address the limitations, government and the regulator have engaged in the ICT growth program through to the year 2021 that aims to offer telecoms services to around 80% of country, mostly via the mobile infrastructure.

Here are some key developments: 

The mobile number portability has become more available.
Benin gets to join the free-roamingscheme.
The Benin Smart City building starts etc.