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Telecommunication Infrastructure
Basic postal and
telecommunications services used to be a government department run as a state monopoly
under the Ministère des Postes et Télécommunications (MPT). The
Ministry was also responsible for regulating the telecommunications sector. Agence
de Regulation des Telecommunications (ART), established in July 1998 by the
Telecoomunication Act, became operational in November 1999. It is Cameroon's
telecommunciation regulatory body.
In September 1998, two public
enterprises, CAMTEL (fixed telephony) and CAMTEL MOBILE
(mobile telephony), were set up to take over from the telecommunication section of the
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. In June 1999, a mobile telephony licence was
granted to a private firm. CAMTEL MOBILE was privatized in February 2000.
CAMTEL's privatization was due in October 2000.
Teledensity:
- Total: 0.64
(2000)
- Largest cities:
3.84 (2000)
- Rest of the country:
0.32 (2000)
Digital main lines: 68.0%
(2000)
Waiting list for a telephone
line:
- Total: 50,000
(2000)
- Average waiting time:
6.2 years
- Total demand (k):
144.6 (2000)
- Satisfied demand:
65.4% (2000)
Telephone Tariff
(2000):
| PSTN connection charge
- residential |
US$ 42 |
| PSTN connection charge
- business |
US$ 42 |
| PSTN monthly subscription -
residential |
US$ 2.5 |
| PSTN monthly
subscription - business |
US$ 2.5 |
| PSTN three minute
local call |
US$ 0.06 |
Source:
African Telecommunication Indicators 2001
Public telephones: 6,550
(2000)
Public telephones per 1000
inhabitants: 0.45 (2000)
Mobile cellular subscribers:
148,000 (2000)
Mobile telephone services are
provided by the recently privatized CAMTEL MOBILE and another operator..
Cellular subscribers as a % of
total telephone subscribers: 61.0 (2000)
Mobile cellular tariff: na
Telecommunications revenue (M
US$): 68.6 (2000)
Telecommunications investment
(M US$): 35.6 (2000)
Telecommunications Investment
as a % of revenue: 48.2 (2000)
Telecom equipment exports (M
US$):
Telecom equipment imports (M
US$): 11.6 (1996)
Telecentres: na
Facsimiles (k):
na
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Informatics
Responsibility for ICT policy
rests with the Comité Interministériel composed of representatives from the following
ministries:
- Ministère de la
Communication;
- Ministère des Postes et
Télécommunications;
- Ministère de l'Enseignement
Supérieur;
- Ministère de l'Education;
- Ministère de l'Economie et
des Finances;
- Ministère des Relations
Extérieures et des Services du Premier Ministre.
Various technical committees
structured thematically (Internet, infrastructure, ICT training, content development,
etc.) and composed of IT experts were set up to advise the Comité Interministériel.
The Centre National de
Développement de l'Informatique (CENADI) is the leading institution responsible
for government data processing and computer networking. CENADI's tasks involve setting-up
computerised financial payroll system for the civil service, standardising the use of ICT
and establishing Internet connectivity in government departments. CENADI developed and
operated the X.25 packet switching network until it was transfered to the national
telecom, IntelCam. The ACCT's @friNet project supported CENADI by providing one server and
training to the system manager.
The Universite de Yaounde 1
(UniYaounde 1) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique (ENSP) form the major
academic networking in Cameroon. UniYaounde 1 operates the UniNet on behalf of the
Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur, and with support from a project led by the
Cooperation Française "Projet d'Appui à l'Enseignement Supérieur et à la
Recherche dans les Universités Camerounaises (PAESRUC)". All the departments on
campus were linked by a fiber optic network. On the other side, ENSP has two active
centres active in networking: Automation Control Laboratory (ACL) and Laboratoire
d'Electronique et Traitement de Signal (LETS).
ACL has been operating two
dial-up store and forward e-mail services for a number of years - HealthNet Cameroon and
CamFido. It is now hosting SNDP
Cameroon which is a UNDP-supported project for the National Environmental
Management Plan (NEMP) of Cameroon.
The Sub-Regional
Development Centre for Central Africa (SRDC-CA) is the UN ECA's sub-regional arm
charged with supporting sub-regional electronic information exchange networks of economic
experts, civil society organisations, NGOs and the private sector.
The Centre Syfed of AUPELF-UREF
provides Internet access and web hosting for organisations in the public sector. The
Centre plans similar services at other universities in the country.
National Polytechnic
Automation and Control Lab Center for Health Technology manages the HealthNet Cameroon
network.
Computer
per 100 inhabitants: 0.33 (2000)
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ICT Training and Development
The following are
the major institutions involved in ICT training:
The Département
d'Informatique of ENSP;
The Faculté
des Sciences at the Universite de Yaounde;
The Institut
Universitaire de Technologie in Daoula and Bandjoun.
The Laboratoire
d'Electronique et Traitement de Signal of ENSP has been behind the establishment
of the Connectivity Information and Training Centre for Internet (CITI-CM)
with financial support from InfoDev, ORSTOM, UNITAR, ACCT and local companies.
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Broadcasting/Media
Cameroun Radio
Television is the state-owned/operated radio and TV broadcaster in Cameroon.
Radios
per 100 inhabitants: 15.2 (1995)
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: 3.4 (2000)
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes: na
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