Morocco's Communications | Moroccan Communications

Chefchouen Medina 3
from: "Marrakech, Essouria and Chefchouen: Pesky Pushers, Pirate Promenades, and Pot Prominent Peaks" By SocialWasteland

Telephones - main lines in use: 1,219,200 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 7,332,800 (2003)

Telephone system: general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however, density is low with only 4.6 main lines available for each 100 persons 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: country code - 212; 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 (1998)

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

Television broadcast stations: 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code: .ma

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 800,000 (2003)

The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources.

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