(Telecompaper) Algerie Telecom is set to lose its monopoly in fixed line services, ICT minister Zorha Derdouri told reporters at a telecom industry meeting on 9 September. "We want to create conditions of real competition by installing one or more other fixed-line operators," she said. Agence Ecofin writes that the minister indicated that more information would be forthcoming "as soon as the question is mature." On the question of new mobile market entrants, she said this was possible, as competition helps improve customer service. The minister singled out state-owned operator Algerie Telecom, which owns the Mobilis wireless service, telling it that further failures to provide good customer service would not be tolerated.