| Communications | Morocco |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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3.749 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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118 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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31.928 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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999 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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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; Internet available but expensive
domestic: fixed-line teledensity is roughly 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership approached 75 per 100 persons in 2009
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 - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria; participant in Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable link from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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2 television 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 government-owned network includes 10 regional radio channels in addition to its national service (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM NA, FM 15, shortwave NA (2009) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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void |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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2,131,225 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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8 (2009) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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3,996,046 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ma |
Internet hosts:
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277,793 (2010) |
Internet users:
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13.213 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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414 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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