Communications in Morocco
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The following is an outline of communications technology in Morocco.
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[edit] Telephone system
- main lines in use: 1.66 million (2007) : estimation
- mobile cellular: 21 million (2007) : estimation
[edit] Domestic Telephone system
Morocco has a good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links. The internet is available but expensive. The principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat. The national network is nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links. An improved rural service employs microwave radio relay.
[edit] International Telephone System
The system has seven submarine cables, three satellite earth stations, two Intelsat (over the Atlantic Ocean) and one Arabsat. There is a microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain and the Western Sahara. Coaxial cables and microwave radio relays exist to Algeria. Morocco is a participant in Medarabtel and a fiber-optic cable links from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia.
[edit] Radio broadcast
[edit] Television
- Television broadcast stations: 36 (plus 35 repeaters) (2007)
- Televisions receivers: 5.6 million (2007)
[edit] Internet
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 27 (1999)
- Country code (Top level domain): MA
[edit] Broadband Internet access
Operated by Maroc Telecom. The service started as a test in November 2002 before it was launched in October 2003. The service is offered by the subsidiary Menara. It offers the following options:
- Menara ADSL 128 kbit/s (around €11)
- Menara ADSL 256 kbit/s (around €13)
- Menara ADSL 512 kbit/s (around €17)
- Menara ADSL 1 Mbit/s (around €26)
- Menara ADSL 2 Mbit/s (around €34)
- Menara ADSL 4 Mbit/s (around €52)
- Menara ADSL2+ 8 Mbit/s (around €69)
- Menara ADSL2+ 20 Mbit/s (around €78)
The installation is free, but the ADSL modem is not always free (only during promotions).
