| Telephones - main lines in use: |
1.266 million (2006)
| | Telephones - mobile cellular: |
16.005 million (2006)
| | Telephone system: |
general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however, density is low with only 4 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)
| | Television broadcast stations: |
35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
| | Internet country code: |
.ma
| | Internet hosts: |
3,218 (2006)
| | Internet users: |
4.6 million (2005)
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