Morocco - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
Publication Overview
This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Morocco’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors. Subjects include:
Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
Facts, figures and statistics;
Industry and regulatory issues;
Infrastructure developments;
Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, MoU;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Broadband (FttP, DSL, cable, wireless);
Mobile subscribers and ARPU;
Broadband market forecasts;
Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
Market liberalisation and industry issues;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, IPOs, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile technologies (GSM; 3G, HSPA, LTE, 5G).
Researcher:- Henry Lancaster Current publication date:- October 2019 (17th Edition)
Executive Summary
Morocco makes progress in expanding tele-medicine facilities
Morocco has developed one of the most advanced telecommunications markets in Africa, supported by the government’s Maroc Digital 2020 strategy to encourage the development of a digital economy and on the National Broadband Plan which aims to provide fixed or mobile broadband access to the entire population by 2022. The part-privatised incumbent telco Maroc Telecom remains the dominant player in the fixed-line sector though has effective competition in the mobile sector. A key regional player, Orange Group, entered the market through the acquisition of a major stake in the telco Médi Telecom.
Morocco’s fixed-line broadband market is dominated by Maroc Telecom. Despite regulatory efforts to enforce LLU and wholesale pricing there is little in the way of access to its networks and as a result the fixed-line broadband market has not developed to its potential. Nevertheless, a small number of operators, including Inwi and Orange Morocco, have begun to offer competing DSL services, albeit limited in reach. Despite these market limitations and Maroc Telecom’s near monopoly, Morocco has developed some of the lowest broadband prices and highest penetration rates in Africa. This has been helped by the excellent connectivity to international fibre cables.
The introduction and extension of mobile broadband services has gone far to improving access nationally. Mobile internet by mid-2019 accounted for 93.2% of all internet connections, leaving Maroc Telecom’s DSL service with most of the remainder. The dominance of mobile internet access is likely to continue given the improvements in LTE reach and capabilities, and the preference among consumers to adopt mobile solutions for both voice and data.
This report analyses Morocco’s fixed-line, broadband and mobile telephony sectors, including statistics, assessments of recent regulatory measures, details on licensing regimes and spectrum auctions, and profiles of the major players. The report also includes a range of subscriber forecasts to 2024.
Key developments:
Government progresses with several key telecom projects, rekindles interest in selling an 8% stake in Maroc Telecom;
Maroc Digital 2020 strategy takes shape;
Maroc Telecom designated as having SMP in several market areas;
New cable connecting Mali and Morocco comes online;
Amendment to Telecommunications Act aimed at giving greater powers to the regulator;
National Broadband Plan to 2022 extending reach of services;
Government extends telemedicine services to more rural areas;
MNP process amended to make number portings automated by end-2019;
Inwi launches Morocco’s first m-payment service;
Inwi and Maroc Telecom trial 5G technologies;
Report updates include the regulator's market data to March 2019, telcos' operating data to Q2 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.
Companies mentioned in this report:
Maroc Telecom, Orange Morocco (Médi Telecom, Méditel), Inwi (Wana), Vivendi, Zain, Morocco Trade and Development Services (MTDS)
Henry Lancaster October 2019
Table of Contents
Key statistics
Telecommunications market
Market analysis
Government support
Regional Africa Market Comparison
TMI vs GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband
Fixed and mobile broadband
Regulatory environment
Telecommunications Law 1997
Telecom law amendments 2002
Telecom law amendments 2014
Telecom law amendments 2019
Law 55-01 of 2004
Regulatory authority
Universal service
Universal Service Fund (USF)
Telecom sector liberalisation
Privatisation
Interconnection
Number Portability (NP)
Unbundled Local Loop (ULL)
Fixed network operators
Maroc Telecom
Orange Morocco (Médi Telecom, Méditel)
Inwi (formerly Wana, Maroc Connect)
Telecommunications infrastructure
Overview of the national telecoms network
The MARWAN network
VoIP
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
Public call offices (teleboutiques)
International infrastructure
Submarine fibre
Terrestrial fibre and microwave
Satellite
Data centres
Broadband market
Introduction and statistical overview
Market analysis
Broadband statistics
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Maroc Telecom (Menara)
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
Other fixed broadband services
Satellite broadband
Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)
Wireless broadband
Digital economy
E-commerce
E-learning
E-government
Tele-medicine
Mobile communications
Market analysis
Mobile statistics
General statistics
Mobile voice
Mobile data
Mobile broadband
Regulatory issues
SIM card registration
Licensing
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)
Mobile infrastructure
Analogue networks
Digital networks
Major mobile operators
Itissalatt Al-Maghrib (IAM, Maroc Telecom)
Orange Morocco (Méditel)
Inwi (Wana)
Mobile content and applications
Mobile payments, m-banking
Satellite mobile
Appendix – Historic data
List of Tables
Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Morocco – 2019 (e)
Table 2 – Growth in the number of fixed number portings – 2011 – 2019
Table 3 – Change in fixed-line market share by provider – 2013 – 2019
Table 4 – Growth in the number of Maroc Telecom’s domestic subscribers by type – 2011 – 2019
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