Morocco: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 2,222,370 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 43.08 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 129 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay; Int domestic: fixed-line teledensity is below 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership exceeds 120 per 100 persons international: country code - 212; landing point for the Atlas Offshore, Estepona-Tetouan, Euroafrica, Spain-Morocco, and SEA-ME-WE-3 fiber-optic telecommunications undersea cables that provide connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations (2015) |
Broadcast media | 2 TV broadcast networks with state-run Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM) operating one network and the state partially owning the other; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite dish; 3 radio broadcast networks with RTM operating one; the governme (2007) |
Internet country code | .ma |
Internet users | total: 19.021 million percent of population: 57.1% (July 2015 est.) |