Morocco Makes Progress in Expanding Tele-Medicine Facilities
Morocco’s telco sector experiences strong growth during Covid-induced State of Emergency
Morocco possesses one of the most advanced telecommunications infrastructures in Africa. This has helped it maintain service levels throughout the country’s long and arduous Covid-19 State of Emergency, which is expected to remain in place through to at least the end of October 2021.
The enforced lockdown across many of Morocco’s major centres has pushed up demand in all telecom segments - even for fixed-line telephone services, which grew by 15% in 2020. This runs counter to the downwards trend seen in most other parts of the world, although the growth in Morocco has largely been driven by the need for many consumers to be able to access a DSL broadband service to work or study from home during the lockdowns. At less than 1% penetration, fibre-based broadband is still at a nascent stage of development in Morocco.
Morocco’s mobile sector exhibits far more universal coverage, along with a competitive and balanced market across three mobile network operators. Penetration is already at 137%, partly a reflection of the preference for prepaid subscriptions (with more SIM cards likely being in circulation than are actually in use) and also the increasing popularity of dual-SIM handsets. Differentiated pricing for mobile voice and date versus mobile broadband also encourages many consumers to keep separate handsets for each purpose; more than 93% of the internet accesses in Morocco are through mobile networks.
Table of Contents
Key statistics
Regional Africa Market Comparison
- Africa Telecom Maturity Index by tier
- TMI vs GDP
- Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
- Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
Telecommunications market
- Government support
Regulatory environment
- Regulatory authority
- Fixed-line developments
- Mobile network developments
Mobile market
- Mobile statistics
- Mobile infrastructure
- Major mobile operators
- Mobile content and applications
Fixed-line broadband market
- Broadband statistics
- Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
- Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- Other fixed broadband services
Digital economy
- E-commerce
- E-learning
- E-government
- Tele-medicine
Fixed network operators
- Major network operators
Telecommunications infrastructure
- National telecoms network
- The MARWAN network
- VoIP
- Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
- Public call offices (teleboutiques)
- International infrastructure
- Data centres
Appendix Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Top-Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Morocco 2022 (e)Table 2 Growth in the number of fixed number portings 2012 2021
Table 3 Growth in the number of mobile number portings 2012 2021
Table 4 Decline in the MTR by operator (MAD / minute) 2011 2018
Table 5 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2027
Table 6 Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers (million) 2012 2021
Table 7 Change in the proportion of prepaid and contract subscribers 2012 2021
Table 8 Mobile market share of subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Table 9 Fall in the average price per minute for mobile services (MAD/minute) 2012 2021
Table 10 Average mobile traffic per subscriber (minutes per month) 2012 2021
Table 11 Change in mobile network voice traffic 2012 2021
Table 12 Fall in the number of SMS sent 2012 2021
Table 13 Growth in the number of mobile internet connections, by type (million) 2012 2021
Table 14 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 15 Change in market share of mobile internet subscribers by provider 2012 2021
Table 16 Maroc Telecom's mobile subscriber base and market share 2012 2022
Table 17 Change in the number of Maroc Telecom's prepaid and contract mobile subscribers (million) 2012 2022
Table 18 Change in the number of Maroc Telecom's mobile subscribers by platform (million) 2012 2022
Table 19 Decline in Maroc Telecom's ARPU 2012 2022
Table 20 Change in Maroc Telecom's domestic mobile revenue 2012 2022
Table 21 Change in Orange Morocco's mobile subscriber base and market share 2012 2022
Table 22 Change in Inwi's mobile subscriber base and market share 2012 2021
Table 23 Increase in the total number of internet subscribers, and penetration 2012 2021
Table 24 Increase in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 25 Change in the market share of overall internet subscribers by ISP 2012 2021
Table 26 Change in the average revenue per internet subscriber (MAD/month/subscriber) 2012 2021
Table 27 Increase in the number of DSL subscribers 2012 2021
Table 28 Distribution of DSL access by speed (old style) 2012 2017
Table 29 Distribution of DSL access by speed (new style) 2018 2021
Table 30 Change in internet subscriber market share: DSL and mobile 2012 2021
Table 31 Increase in the number of Maroc Telecom's internet subscribers by access technology (thousand) 2012 2021
Table 32 FttP broadband subscribers 2017 2021
Table 33 Growth in the number and value of e-commerce transactions 2014 2021
Table 34 Change in fixed-line market share by provider 2013 2021
Table 35 Growth in the number of Maroc Telecom's domestic subscribers (million) 2012 2022
Table 36 Change in Maroc Telecom's revenue (MAD billion) 2012 2022
Table 37 Change in Maroc Telecom's EBITDA (MAD billion) 2012 2022
Table 38 Growth in Orange Morocco's revenue ( million) 2015 2022
Table 39 Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Table 40 Change in the number of fixed and fixed-wireless lines in service (million) 2012 2021
Table 41 Decline in fixed-line voice traffic 2013 2021
Table 42 Decline in average fixed-line voice traffic 2012 2021
Table 43 Average revenue per fixed voice subscriber 2012 2020
Table 44 Decline in the number of payphones in service 2012 2021
Table 45 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2012 2020
Table 46 Historic - International internet bandwidth 1999 2011
Table 47 Historic - Fixed lines in service and teledensity 2005 2011
Table 48 Historic - ICT use of services 2010 2016
Table 49 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2000 2011
Table 50 Historic - Average SMS cost 2010 2015
Table 51 Historic - Multiple SIM card use among mobile subscribers 2012 2016
Table 52 Historic - Smartphone penetration 2012 2016
Table 53 Historic - Fixed and fixed-wireless lines in service (million) 2005 2011
Table 54 Historic - SMS traffic 2005 2011
Table 55 Historic - Mobile network voice traffic 2005 2011
Table 56 Historic - Maroc Telecom domestic mobile revenue 2005 2011
Table 57 Historic - Payphones in service 2005 2011
Table 58 Historic - Change in Maroc Telecom's revenue (MAD billion) 2008 2011
Table 59 Historic - Change in Maroc Telecom's EBITDA (MAD billion) 2008 2011
List of Charts
Chart 1 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index Market LeadersChart 2 Africa Market Leaders global ranking
Chart 3 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
Chart 4 Africa Market Challengers global ranking
Chart 5 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
Chart 6 Africa Market Emergents global ranking
Chart 7 Overall view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 8 Africa - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 Africa - fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 Growth in the number of fixed number portings 2012 2021
Chart 11 Growth in the number of mobile number portings 2012 2021
Chart 12 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate 2012 2027
Chart 13 Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 14 Change in the proportion of prepaid and contract subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 15 Mobile market share of subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Chart 16 Fall in the average price per minute for mobile services 2012 2021
Chart 17 Average mobile traffic per subscriber 2012 2021
Chart 18 Change in mobile network voice traffic 2012 2021
Chart 19 Fall in the number of SMS sent 2012 2021
Chart 20 Growth in the number of mobile internet connections by type 2012 2021
Chart 21 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 22 Change in market share of mobile internet subscribers by provider 2012 2021
Chart 23 Maroc Telecom's mobile subscriber base and market share 2012 2022
Chart 24 Change in the number of Maroc Telecom's prepaid and contract mobile subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 25 Change in the number of Maroc Telecom's mobile subscribers by platform 2012 2022
Chart 26 Decline in Maroc Telecom's ARPU 2012 2022
Chart 27 Change in Maroc Telecom's domestic mobile revenue 2012 2022
Chart 28 Change in Orange Morocco's mobile subscriber base and market share 2012 2022
Chart 29 Change in Inwi's mobile subscriber base and market share 2012 2021
Chart 30 Increase in the total number of internet subscribers, and penetration 2012 2021
Chart 31 Increase in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 32 Change in the market share of overall internet subscribers by ISP 2012 2021
Chart 33 Change in the average revenue per internet subscriber 2012 2021
Chart 34 Increase in the number of DSL subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 35 Distribution of DSL access by speed (new style) 2018 2021
Chart 36 Change in internet subscriber market share: DSL and mobile 2012 2021
Chart 37 Increase in the number of Maroc Telecom's internet subscribers by access technology 2012 2021
Chart 38 FttP broadband subscribers 2017 2021
Chart 39 Growth in the number and value of e-commerce transactions 2014 2021
Chart 40 Change in fixed-line market share by provider 2013 2021
Chart 41 Growth in the number of Maroc Telecom's domestic subscribers 2012 2022
Chart 42 Change in Maroc Telecom's revenue 2012 2022
Chart 43 Change in Maroc Telecom's EBITDA 2012 2022
Chart 44 Growth in Orange Morocco's revenue 2015 2022
Chart 45 Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Chart 46 Change in the number of fixed and fixed-wireless lines 2012 2021
Chart 47 Decline in fixed-line voice traffic 2013 2021
Chart 48 Decline in average fixed-line voice traffic 2012 2021
Chart 49 Average revenue per fixed voice subscriber 2012 2020
Chart 50 Decline in the number of payphones in service 2012 2021
Chart 51 Increase in international internet bandwidth 2012 2020
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Regional Telecom Maturity Index global rankingExhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 Africa Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 Africa Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 Africa Market Emergents and market developments
