The following is an outline of communications technology in Morocco.
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Telephone system
- main lines in use: 2.394 million (2007) : estimation
- mobile cellular: 21 million (2007) : estimation
source: [1]
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.
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.
Radio broadcast
Television
- Television broadcast stations: 36 (plus 35 repeaters) (2007)
- Televisions receivers: 5.6 million (2007)
Internet
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 27 (1999)
- Country code (Top level domain): MA
The country has more than 7,3 internet users in 2008.[2]
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).
See also
References
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mo.html
- ^ Africa Internet Statistics
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