MAROC_TELECOM_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017
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DESCRIPTION OF THE GROUP, BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, LEGAL AND ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS Business activities
Mobile telephony COMPETITION AND MARKET SHARE Market trends in Benin
MAIN REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS APPLYING TO AT CÔTE D’IVOIRE
AT CI is subject to various sector fees and contributions. These include the annual regulatory fee equal to 0.5% of its revenue; the Research, Training and Normalization Contribution equal to 0.5% of its revenue; the universal service contribution equal to 2% of its revenue, as well as the fees for the use of radio frequencies and numbering resources. In addition to these royalties and contributions, there is a tax on communications equal to 3% of their price before tax, and a tax on telecommunications companies set at 5% of revenue before tax (including interconnection receipts and income). ATCI is also subject to a tax for the promotion of culture in the amount of 0.2%of revenue. AT CÔTE D’IVOIRE LICENSES
86%
9.4 83%
80%
9.3
8.8
Licenses and authorization Global license
Award date Expiration Date Term Marchb2016 Marchb2033 16byears
2015
2016
2017
Customer base (in millions)
Penetration rate
2017 HIGHLIGHTS Regulatory highlights for 2017: – the regulator’s decision to ban on-net/off-net tariff differentiation which applies to all operators. AT CI appealed the decision; – the 1.15 billion CFA fine imposed by the regulator on AT CI for failing to provide an adequate quality of service. Other operators were also penalized. AT CI appealed the decision; – the adoption of a decree on digital subscriber identification.
Source: IMF and Dataxis Benin market share at December 31, 2017
11 % GloMobile Bénin
46 % MTNBénin
BENIN
42 % Moov Bénin
Macroeconomic indicators
Source: Dataxis Moov Benin’s Mobile business consists of prepaid and postpaid services through voice and data (mainly SMS) plans. It also provides roaming services for its mobile subscribers abroad and for customers of foreign partner operators visiting Benin. In addition to 3G and 4G services (the latter launched in Aprilb2017), Moov Bénin offers an m-payment service under the Moov Money brand. At Decemberb31,2017,Benin had9.4milliondownMobile customers, representing a penetration rate of 83%, up threebin one year. In this market three other operators are active alongsideMoov Benin, namely MTN Bénin, Bénin Telecoms and Glo Bénin (which lost its license in Decemberb2017). PERFORMANCE Moov Bénin’s mobile customer base changed as follows:
2017
2016
2015
Population (000)
11,395 11,128 10,859
GDP per capita (in USD)
2,219
2,119
2,061
GDP growth
+5.4% +4.0% +2.1% +2.0% -0.8% +0.3%
Inflation
Source: IMF, Octoberb2017.
Unit
2017
2016
2015
Mobile customer base (000)
3,960 3,960 3,266
At Decemberb 31, 2017, Moov Benin had 3.96bmillion Mobile customers (mainly prepaid), abyear-on-year increase of 6.2%. Moov Bénin had a market share of 42% at the end of Decemberb2017. The operator placed 186 new BTS online during thebyear, raising its total to 1,056.
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