(Business in Cameroon) - Every month, Cameroon’s administration consumes 1.3 billion francs Cfa in telephone bills and 482 million francs Cfa for internet services, according to government sources.

However, it is a drop from the 1.7 billion francs paid monthly for fixed telephone lines, a 24 % cut since 2010, according to the government medium, the Cameroon Tribune, of Tuesday April 16, 2013.

But since the government is connected to the internet using fiber optic, internet bills are on the raise, according to a Cameroon Tribune source at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

“We jumped from 122 to 482 million francs Cfa between 2010 and 2011, a 25% up,” adds the source.

A recent government survey suggests that there are 13,000 lines at the central services, 9,000 for decentralized services and 298 internet lines. But, the State was still billed for 106 Telex and 300 telephone lines out of service. Telecommunications Ministry aims at cutting these bills by 20%.