Morocco - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts

• Key statistics;
• Market and industry overviews;
• Regulatory environment and structural reform;
• Major players (fixed, mobile and broadband);
• Infrastructure development;
• Mobile voice and data markets, including 3G;
• Average Revenue per User (ARPU) and churn trends;
• Internet development;
• Broadband, including 3G mobile
• Convergence (voice/data, fixed/wireless/mobile).

1. Key Statistics

2. Telecommunications Market

2.1 Overview of Morocco’s telecom market

3. Regulatory Environment

3.1 Telecommunications Law 1997

3.1.1 Telecom law amendments 2002

3.2 Law 55-01 of 2004

3.3 Regulatory authority

3.3.1 Agence Nationale de Reglementation des Telecommunications (ANRT)

3.4 Universal service

3.4.1 Universal Service Fund (USF)

3.5 Telecom sector liberalisation in Morocco

3.6 Interconnection

3.7 Number portability

3.8 Unbundled Local Loop (ULL)

4. Fixed Network Operators in Morocco

4.1 Overview of operators

4.1.1 Fixed-line statistics

4.2 Maroc Telecom

4.2.1 Privatisation

4.2.2 International expansion

4.2.3 National backbone network

4.2.4 Public call offices (teleboutiques)

4.3 Medi Telecom (Meditel)

4.4 Wana (formerly Maroc Connect)

5. Telecommunications Infrastructure

5.1 International infrastructure

5.1.1 Fibre optic submarine cable networks

6. Internet Market

6.1 Overview

6.1.1 Internet statistics

6.2 International Internet bandwidth

6.3 National fibre backbone

6.4 The MARWAN network

6.5 Morocco’s ISP market

6.5.1 Maroc Telecom (Menara)

6.5.2 MTDS

7. Broadband Market

7.1 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

7.2 3G mobile broadband

7.2.1 Wana (formerly Maroc Connect)

7.2.2 Meditel

7.2.3 Maroc Telecom

7.3 Broadband via satellite

7.4 Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)

8. Convergence

8.1 VoIP telephony

8.2 E-commerce

8.3 E-learning

8.4 IPTV

9. Mobile Communications

9.1 Overview and analysis of Morocco’s mobile market - 2009

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.2 Major mobile operators

9.2.1 Maroc Telecom (IAM)

9.2.2 Medi Telecom (Meditel)

9.2.3 Wana

9.3 Mobile data services

9.3.1 Short Message Service (SMS)

9.3.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

9.3.3 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

9.3.4 BlackBerry

9.3.5 Mobile TV

9.4 Third generation (3G) mobile

9.4.1 Licensing

9.4.2 Services

9.5 TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio)

9.6 Satellite mobile

10. Forecasts

10.1 Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless services - 2010; 2015

10.2 Forecast Internet users - 2010; 2015

10.3 Forecast broadband services - 2010; 2015

10.4 Forecast mobile market - 2010; 2015

11. Glossary of Abbreviations

Table 1 - Country statistics Morocco - 2009

Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - March 2009

Table 3 - Internet provider statistics - 2009

Table 4 - Internet statistics - March 2009

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - March 2009

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - Fixed and fixed-wireless lines in service and teledensity - 1994; 1996; 1998; 2000 - 2009

Table 8 - Internet users and penetration rate - 1997 - 2009

Table 9 - International Internet bandwidth - 1999 - 2008

Table 10 - Internet subscribers by ISP and market share - 2008

Table 11 - Maroc Telecom Internet subscribers by access technology - 2003 - 2009

Table 12 - Internet subscribers, ADSL subscribers (MT and total) - 2003 - 2009

Table 13 - Distribution of ADSL access by speed - March 2009

Table 14 - 3G mobile broadband subscribers by operator and market share - March 2009

Table 15 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1994; 1996; 1998 - 2009

Table 16 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - March 2009

Table 17 - Maroc Telecom domestic mobile subscribers and market share - 2002 - 2009

Table 18 - Maroc Telecom domestic blended monthly mobile ARPU and churn rate - 2003 - 2008

Table 19 - Maroc Telecom domestic mobile revenue and EBIT - 2005 - 2008

Table 20 - Meditel mobile subscribers and market share - 2002 - 2009

Table 21 - Maroc Telecom GPRS pricing - 2008

Table 22 - Meditel GPRS pricing - 2008

Table 23 - Forecast fixed-line and fixed-wireless subscribers - 2010; 2015

Table 24 - Forecast Internet users - 2010; 2015

Table 25 - Forecast broadband subscribers - 2010; 2015

Table 26 - Forecast mobile subscribers - 2010; 2015

Exhibit 1 - Analysis of Maroc Telecom’s fixed-line rollercoaster ride