Morocco - Convergence, Broadband & Internet Markets

Synopsis

Morocco’s Internet market is dominated by Maroc Telecom (MT)’s ADSL broadband service which held over 90% of the market until recently. Despite this de-facto monopoly position, the country has some of the lowest broadband prices and highest penetration rates in Africa and has seen the introduction of innovative new services such as the first commercial IPTV service on the continent. Within two years of their introduction, third-generation (3G) mobile broadband services have taken more than 40% of the broadband market by early-2009. This development is expected to continue, since the mobile networks reach a far greater percentage of the population than MT’s copper fixed-line network. To accommodate the increasing amount of Internet traffic, fibre optic national backbone networks and international connectivity are being expanded, and WiMAX is being rolled as the next-generation access technology.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Internet market
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
  • 2.2 Internet statistics
    
  • 2.3 Internet connectivity
    
  • 2.4 International Internet bandwidth
    
  • 2.5 National fibre backbone
    
  • 2.6 The MARWAN network
    
• 3. Morocco’s ISP market
  
  • 3.1 Maroc Telecom (Menara)
    
  • 3.2 MTDS
    
• 4. Broadband market
  
  • 4.1 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
    
  • 4.2 3G mobile broadband
    
    • 4.2.1 Wana (formerly Maroc Connect)
      
    • 4.2.2 Meditel
      
    • 4.2.3 Maroc Telecom
      
  • 4.3 Broadband via satellite
    
  • 4.4 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)
    
• 5. Convergence
  
  • 5.1 VoIP telephony
    
  • 5.2 E-commerce
    
  • 5.3 E-learning
    
  • 5.4 IPTV
    
• 6. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2009
• Table 2 – International Internet bandwidth – 1999 - 2008
• Table 3 – Internet subscribers by ISP and market share – 2008
• Table 4 – Maroc Telecom Internet subscribers by access technology – 2003 - 2009
• Table 5 – Internet subscribers, ADSL subscribers (MT and total) – 2003 - 2009
• Table 6 – Distribution of ADSL access by speed – March 2009
• Table 7 – 3G mobile broadband subscribers by operator and market share – March 2009