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Communications in Morocco

 

Communications in Morocco

Telephones - main lines in use:
1.4 million (2004) : estimation

Telephones - mobile cellular:
5,5 million (2004) : estimation

Telephone system:
domestic:
good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; Internet available but expensive; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay
international:
7 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria; participant in Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable link from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)

Radios:
6.64 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
26 (plus 35 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
3.1 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
27 (1999)

Country code (Top level domain): MA

See also : Morocco

External links

  • Maroc Telecom IPO

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