51 Year 2010 2011 2012 sanitation in rural areas (%) Sources: Annual balance sheet reports PN-AEPA. 4.2.6. Access to new information and communication technologies The main achievements in 2012, in the area of ICTs, are those implemented by the Digital Economy Department and concerned private actors, notably, mobile telephone companies and internet access providers (IAP). At the national level, the context of the Telecoms/ICTs was mainly marked by the existence of national telecommunications and ICT market open to competition in all segments; the pursuit of the establishment of the regulatory framework with the development and adoption of the implementation of the different enforcement orders on the regulation of the sector, the regulation of electronic transactions and registration of domain names. It is also important to mention the pending operationalization of the National ICT Promotion Agency (ANPTIC). In 2012, licence for third generation mobile telephone system was issued to three mobile telephone operators. There has been constant increase in telephone penetration in the area of mobile telephone; pursuit of the development and extension of government intranet (RESINA) through the commissioning of Wimax stations in 6 towns and implementation of communication and collaboration services. We may also note the implementation of structuring projects for the development of Telecom/ICT infrastructure to meet the increasing needs in broadband connectivity at the level of transportation and access (PRICAO BF project, national Backbone project); construction and inauguration of Burkina-Ghana and Burkina-Niger optical fibre inter-connections; pursuit of the computerization of the main processes of the administration; development and start of operationalization of the sector cyber strategies (E-