Update:
January 2001
Morocco
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Morocco |
These pages present basic facts and technology indicators about the Information Society developments in Morocco.
All data have been collected at the end of 2000 from readily publicly available sources of information. Since they depend on definitions which are not standardised in all countries, or, in some cases on estimates, and also due to the difficulty to obtain statistical data and series in several countries covered, these indicators should be considered only as indicative of trends and general tendencies.
This report has been prepared under the sole responsibility of the ESIS II contractors. We welcome any additional information or corrections. Please contact the ESIS contractor in charge of the country concerned.
1. Economic data
1.1 General socio-economic data
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Reference year |
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Total area (km2) |
710850 |
Month 5 of 2000 |
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Population (million) |
27,17 * |
1996 |
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Gross national Product (GNP) (EURO billion) |
30 |
Month 9 of 2000 |
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Real Growth Domestic Product (GDP) Growth Rate (%) / previous year |
5* |
Month 6 of 2000 |
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Growth National Product (GNP) per capita (EURO) |
1,400 |
Month 4 of 2000 |
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Economic structure |
Agriculture: 21.5 % |
Month 12 of 2000 |
Source Investors Guide www.mincom.gov.ma
(*) ITU 98/ INED/ Le Moci 1999
(**) Hyp. Sema Group
1.2 Telecom market size
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Month 11 2000 |
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Operators market (EURO million) |
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PSTN |
356.7 |
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ISDN |
n.a. |
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Value-Added Services |
n.a. |
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Mobile |
16.2 |
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Satellite |
n.a. |
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Cable |
n.a. |
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Equipment market (EURO million ) |
n.a. |
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Total Telecom market (EURO million) |
n.a. |
Source: www.iam.net.ma
Maroc Telecom was contacted several times, by both the local ESIS team and the consortium coordinators, to provide the figures requested above. They have declined to do so, citing commercial concerns. They did provide the following figures for 1999 :
Turnover 1999 : 8 505 Millions de DH
Net profit 1999: 2 034 Millions de DH
Employees: 14 068
Telephone lines: 1 471 459
Pay telephones: 38 845
GSM subscriptions: 363 996
NMT subscriptions: 5 178
RAKKAS radio message users: 6 789
Internet RTC/Marnis accounts: 2 879
Internet lines rented: 273
Maghripac access: 2 423
Telex: 3 448
B Marnis canals: 9 144
1.3 Computer market size
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 11 of 2000 |
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Total Computer market (EURO million) |
NA |
280 |
NA |
NA |
850 |
Source: Estimations provided by the AUSIM
2. Actors and competition
2.1 Fixed Operators
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Number of operators having a license Month 11of 2000 |
1 |
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Fixed operators Month 11 of 2000 |
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Maroc telecom |
2.2 Mobile Operators
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Name of Operator |
Type of network |
Number of subscribers |
% of the market ( Month X of 2000) |
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 12 of 2000 |
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IAM |
GSM |
74 472 |
116 645 |
500 000 |
2 MILLION |
74 |
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MEDITEL |
GSM |
X |
X |
X |
700000 |
26 |
Source : AMAP
2.3 Internet Service Providers
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Estimation of the Number of Internet Service Providers |
Last reference date |
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59 |
12/12/2000 |
Source : www.mincom.gov.ma
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Main Internet Services Providers , Date Month 12 of 2000 |
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Company |
Web sites |
Source : www.mincom.gov.ma
2.4 Portals
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Main portals Month 12 of 2000 |
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Name |
Internet Address |
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autotrade CASAGUIDE Le Portail de Casablanca LE MAGHREB MAGHREB Online - 1st portal in Holland for the Moroccans Maghrebstar Maroc Export Maroc Online Menara News.Central Orientation Maroc Oufela Portail sur l'agriculture Marghrébine Wanadoo Maroc |
www.autotrade.ma http://casaguide.net.free.fr/ www.lemaghreb.com http://www.maghreb.nl/ http://www.maghrebstar.co.ma/ http://www.maroc-export.com/ http://www.maroconline.com/ http://www.menara.co.ma/ http://news.central.co.ma/ http://www.orientation.co.ma/ http://www.oufela.net.ma/index.html http://marocagri.multimania.com/ http://www.wanadoo.net.ma/ |
Source : www.mincom.gov.ma
3. Basic Indicators
3.1 Telephones lines
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 11 of 2000 |
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Total number of conventional lines |
1.251.000 * |
1.378.000 * |
1.408.000 |
1.700.000 |
2.000000 |
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Total number of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) |
40 ** |
1.591 |
5000 |
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Total number of mobile phone lines |
42.942 |
74.500 |
148.000 * |
200.000 |
350.000 |
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Total number of lines |
1 293 982 |
1 454 063 |
1 556 000 |
1 900 000 |
2 350000 |
Sources: Sources: Ittissalat Al Maghrib
( * ) EITO
( ** ) UIT 1998
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 11 of 2000 |
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|
Total number of conventional lines per 100 inh. |
4,6 |
4,9 |
4,9 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
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Total number of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) per 100 inh. |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0.0 |
n.a |
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Total number of mobile phone lines per 100 inh. |
0,2 |
0,3 |
0,5 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
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Total number of lines per 100 inh. |
4,8 |
5,2 |
5,4 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
Source : IAM
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 11 of 2000 |
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% of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) / Total number of lines |
0,0 |
0,1 |
0,0 |
0.0 |
0.47 |
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% of mobiles phone lines / Total number of lines |
3,3 |
5,1 |
9,5 |
10.5 |
17 |
Source: IAM
3.2 Telecom equipment
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 11 of 2000 |
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Telephones sets |
Installed base |
1251000 |
1378000 |
1515000 |
2300000 |
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Penetration rate (units per 100 inh.) |
4,6 |
5,03 |
5,46 |
6.8 |
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Public pay phones |
Installed base |
21867 |
26649 |
31616 |
38 845 |
48000 |
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Penetration rate (units per 1000 inh.) |
0,81 |
0,98 |
1,14 |
1,37 |
3.1 |
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Videoconference stations |
Installed base |
NA |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
20 |
Source: SEPTI. The SEPTI states that statistics are not available for the other categories.
3.3 Personal computers
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 11 2000 |
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Total number of PCs |
45000 |
200000 |
300000 |
500000 |
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 11 of 2000 |
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Total number of PCs per 100 inh. |
0.2 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
3.4 Internet
3.4.1 General data
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
Month 12 2000 |
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Number of Internet users (domestic + professional) |
4427 |
17000 |
100000 |
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Number of Internet (domestic + professional) users per 1000 inh |
.15 |
0.6 |
3 |
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Host count by DNS domains |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2500 |
Source : IAM , Press
3.4.2 E-Commerce
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Month x of 2000 |
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Number of e-commerce users |
10000 |
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Number of e-commerce users per 100 inh |
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Number of e-commerce Users/Total Number of Internet Users |
10 |
Source : Press
3.4.3 Web sites
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Number of adresses under country domain |
Last reference date |
|
1000 |
2000 |
Source : Press
3.5 Miscellaneous
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Teleworking |
Total number of teleworkers |
Last reference date |
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Teleworkers |
1000 |
Avril 2000 |
Source : Press
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Television |
Total number |
Number per 100 inh. |
Last reference date |
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Number of TV sets |
3 500 000 |
12,88 |
1996 |
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Number of Home Cable TV Subscribers |
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Number of Home equipped with Satellite |
200000 |
1.9 |
2000 |
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Waiting Time |
Average waiting time |
Last reference date |
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Average waiting time for fixed telephone subscription |
15 days |
2000 |
Sources: IAM…………………………
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Network digitisation |
Rate |
Last reference date |
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Network digitisation rate |
100% |
2000 |
4. The use of public network
4.1 Data
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Month 11 2000 |
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Switched (tera octets) |
n.a. |
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IP (tera octets) |
n.a. |
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X25 (tera octets) |
0.7 |
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Frame Relay (tera octets) |
n.a. |
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ATM (tera octets) |
n.a. |
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Total Traffic (tera octets) |
n.a. |
Source : IAM, SEPTI
5. The telephone tariffs of historical operator
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End 1996 |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
Month 10 2000 |
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Fixed costs (EURO) |
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Installation for main line |
30 |
30 |
60 |
50 |
50 |
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Rental per month for main line |
4,5 |
4,5 |
6 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
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Variable costs (EURO) |
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Local call per minute |
0.80 |
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Long Distance call per minute |
variable |
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Average of International call per minute |
variable |
Source :IAM
