Morocco Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
1,219,200 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
7,332,800 (2003 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
modern system with all important capabilities; however, density is low with only 4.6 main lines available for each 100 persons
domestic:
good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; Internet available but expensive; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay
international:
country code - 212; 7 submarine cables; 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 (1998)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 27 , FM 25 , shortwave 6 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995 est.)
Internet country code:
.ma
Internet hosts:
3,627 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
800,000 (2003 est.)
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