Morocco - Internet, Broadband and Digital Media - Overview and Statistics

Synopsis

Morocco’s Internet market was dominated by Maroc Telecom’s ADSL broadband service which once held over 90% of the market. Despite this de-facto monopoly situation, the country developed 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 four years of their introduction, third-generation (3G) mobile broadband services had taken more than three quarters of the broadband market by early 2011. 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.

Companies covered in this report:

Maroc Telecom (Menara), Medi Telecom (Meditel), Inwi (Wana, Maroc Connect), Morocco Trade and Development Services (MTDS).

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Internet market
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Internet statistics
• 3. Internet connectivity
  • 3.1 International Internet bandwidth
  • 3.2 National fibre backbone
  • 3.3 The MARWAN network
• 4. Morocco’s ISP market
  • 4.1 Maroc Telecom (Menara)
  • 4.2 MTDS
• 5. Broadband market
  • 5.1 ADSL
  • 5.2 3G mobile broadband
    • 5.2.1 Inwi (formerly Wana, Maroc Connect)
    • 5.2.2 Meditel
    • 5.2.3 Maroc Telecom
  • 5.3 Broadband via satellite
  • 5.4 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)
• 6. Convergence
  • 6.1 VoIP telephony
  • 6.2 E-commerce
  • 6.3 E-learning
  • 6.4 IPTV, triple-play
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2000 - 2012
• Table 2 – International Internet bandwidth – 1999 - 2010
• Table 3 – Internet subscribers by ISP and market share – September 2011
• Table 4 – Maroc Telecom Internet subscribers by access technology – 2003 - 2011
• Table 5 – Internet subscribers in Morocco, ADSL vs total – 2003 - 2011
• Table 6 – Distribution of ADSL access by speed – September 2011
• Table 7 – 3G mobile broadband subscribers by operator and market share – September 2011
• Table 8 – Meditel 3G+ broadband pricing – 2009 vs 2010
• Table 9 – Maroc Telecom 3G broadband pricing – 2009 vs 2010

• Chart 1 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2002 - 2012