Increasing Broadband Internet Penetration
In the OIC Member Countries
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Table 54: Cote d’Ivoire: Factors influencing broadband capital spending
Positive incentives Negative incentives Government
demand promotion
policies • Tax exemption on terminal equipment
• One citizen, one computer program • Wireless carriers cannot
sign up a customer if he
does not produce a valid
ID
Government
supply Policies • Deploying a national fiber optic backbone network to
reduce long-haul connectivity and improve the business
case for deploying broadband distribution networks in
remote areas
• Auction of technology-agnostic universal spectrum
licenses for deployment either 3G or 4G technologies
• Promote sharing of broadband infrastructure, such as
backhaul and towers
• Rules for accelerated depreciation of equipment
• Spectrum license renewal
policies (15 years,
renewal payment)
• No tax exemption for
imported network
equipment
Local Factors • Urban development • Time delays for obtaining
construction permits
from municipalities
• Negotiating construction
terms with labor unions
Macro-Factors • Project e-gov: digitizing the whole government
administration
• Decentralization of industries to the interior of the
country
• Promotion of foreign direct investment
Competition
factors • Protect market position
• Gain market share
Source: Telecom Advisory Services analysis
V.1.3. Institutional structure and policies for promoting broadband
Institutional structure, policies and strategies regarding broadband marketThe institutional architecture regulating the telecommunications sector includes three
agencies: • The Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications de Cote d’Ivoire (ARTCI)
• The Agence Nationale de Service Universel de Télécommunications (ANSUT)
• Agence Ivoirienne de Gestion de Fréquences Radioélectriques
The first two agencies report to the Ministère de l’Economie Numérique et de Postes.
Cote d’Ivoire assigns regulatory authority of telecommunications, and consequently
broadband, to the Autorité de régulation des télécommunications/TIC de Cote d’Ivoire (ARTCI).
This agency is presided by a regulatory board responsible for the technical, legal
administrative and financial management of ARTCI. The board is comprised of seven members.
The organization structure of ARTCI includes nine departments:• Telecommunications Activities
• Legal Affairs
• Resource Allocation and Controls
• Information Systems and Network Security
• Economic Affairs and International Cooperation