Internet country code | .bj |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 29,981 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 0.3 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 4.42 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 34% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Benin’s telecom market continues to be restricted by the poor condition of the country’s fixed-line infrastructure; this has hampered the development of fixed-line voice and internet services, and there is negligible revenue derived from these sectors; mobile networks account for almost all internet connections, and also carry most voice traffic; there is promise for considerable change in the mobile sector; slow progress is being made in developing competition in the mobile sector; in May 2021 the government sought foreign companies to bid for a fourth mobile license; improved international internet connectivity has contributed to a reduction in end-user pricing, and provided the potential to transform many areas of the country’s economy, bringing a greater proportion of the population into the orbit of internet commerce and connectivity; a 2,000km fiber project started in 2016 was finally completed in mid-2021, prompting the government to secure a loan to build additional fiber infrastructure connecting four of the country’s 12 departments (2022) |
Domestic | Fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 people; mobile cellular subscriptions are 98 per 100 people (2021) |
International | Country code - 229; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC and ACE fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe, and most West African countries; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 2,000 (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | (2022 est.) less than 1 |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 14.55 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 109 (2022 est.) |
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