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Encyclopedia > 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 Agadir Agadir Agadir is a city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Souss-Massa-Dra region. ...


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
  • Satellite Internet for Morocco

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