MAP > Internet Providers in Morocco

Morocco gets to retain one of the highly advanced telecommunications markets in Africa. Part privatized incumbent Telco Maroc has remained the dominant player in fixed-line sector though it has effective competition in the mobile sector. The key regional player, the Orange Group, has entered the market through the acquisition of the major stake in Telco Meditel that has since gone on through rebranding and has been known as Orange Morocco.

This country has some of lowest prices for the broadband internet access, this is despite there being little competition in fixed-line broadband sector. The competition in the provision of the DSL services is very minimal since despite launch of the services by Inwi and the Orange Morocco, and of the regulatory efforts to be able to enforce the LLU and the wholesale pricing. Maroc Telecom has gone on and hindered the competitive access to the infrastructure and hence as a result, company controls about 99.9% of DSL market. To be able to accommodate growing voice and the internet traffic operators have gone on and upgraded the fiber optic national backbone networks as well as the international connectivity.

In combination with the upgraded fiber backhaul, the LTE services got to be launched in the mid-2015 and have facilitated take-up of the mobile broadband in the regional areas, and hence has gone and contributed to governments aims as it draws up in the national broadband plan to the year 2022 and supported by Maroc Digital 2020 strategy.

The mobile market is among the more mature in the region, with the penetration rate of over 131%. All 3 mobile network operators provide a fixed line or fixed wireless services and have gone and developed mobile data services based on the extensive reach of the LTE infrastructure. The mobile internet at the beginning of the year 2018 got to account for around 94% of all the internet connections. The dominance of the mobile internet access is likely to go on and continue given improvements in the LTE reach and the capabilities as well as the preference among the consumers to be able to adopt the mobile solutions for both the data and voice.

This report goes on and analyzes Morocco’s fixed-line telecom share of the market, and this includes the sector statistics and the assessment of the recent regulatory measures. Also does cover the mobile market, with the details on the licensing regimes and the spectrum auctions, and profiles of major players. Also, this report covers fixed line and the fixed wireless broadband market including the review of the developments in the DSL and the fiber networks.