This is a best prospect industry sector for this country. Includes a market overview and trade data.
Last Published: 7/15/2019

Overview

Morocco is one of the most mature telecommunications markets in Africa. The kingdom is developing its telecom systems and investing extensively in hardware and networking infrastructure. In its 2018 report about the mobile economy in the MENA region, the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) has indicated that Morocco will not get the fifth generation of mobile technology until 2022.  Market growth will be driven primarily by large, government-led projects including new e-government initiatives (e.g. the government’s digitalization initiative “Maroc Numerique 2020”, smart cities projects, renewable energy projects, and transportation upgrades and expansions), as well as investments in telecommunications and banking and financing.
 

Leading Sub-Sectors

Morocco offers excellent opportunities for U.S. firms in the following segments:

  • Host Services

  • Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)

  • Virtualization technologies

  • Cloud computing

  • Big Data

  • Broadband Connection

  • Software as a Service (SaaS)

  • Communication technologies


Opportunities

Mobile phones: Morocco’s mobile phone user penetration rate is above 100%.  The number of subscribers has grown by roughly 3% per year.  It is believed that the use of prepaid sim cards on multiple networks gives the appearance of singular customers being multiple subscribers.

Internet:  The connection rate of households to the Internet was 62% in 2018, versus 58% in 2016.  The number of Internet users was estimated at 22.5 million users.  The main internet connections are via DSL, Cable, and Fiber Optic.

Telecommunications market:  Three operators share the telecoms market: Maroc Telecom (42.25%), Orange Maroc (29.64%) and Inwi (28.11%).  The total income of these telecommunications companies represents more than 75% of total industry revenue.
 

Web Resources

National Agency of Regulation of Telecommunications (ANRT) www.anrt.ma 


 

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