The Technological Environment in Morocco
Morocco’s national network is nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links and high mobile penetration rates in the region with low cost for broadband Internet access with improvement in LTE reach and capabilities.
- Service providers have all successfully completed 5G proofs of concept and are currently lining up 5G equipment providers for both radio and core technology; the regulatory agency expects to conduct the 5G spectrum auction in 2023.
- With a history reaching back to A.D. 859, the University of al-Qurawiyyin Library in Fez is acknowledged as the oldest continuously running library in the world. Its collections include some 4,000 ancient Islamic manuscripts.
- World Bank provided funds for Morocco’s digital transformation that is used by the government to support digital education during the pandemic;
- Morocco has a total of 57,300 km of the roadway and 2.067 km of railways.
- 84% of the population use the internet as of 2020.
The Quarzazate solar plant in Morocco
- Morocco has satellite earth stations – 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat.
- Improved rural service employs microwave radio relay; one of the most state-of-the-art markets in Africa, microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara (2019)
- Morocco has 62 airports, with 36 having paved runways.
- The innovations index for Morocco was 29.3 points sitting 4th in Africa and 77th globally (2021).
Morocco is the landing point for the Atlas Offshore, Estepona-Tetouan, Canalink, and SEA-ME-WE-3 fiber-optic telecommunications undersea cables that provide connectivity to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia.
- 2 TV broadcast networks with state-run Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM) operating one network and the state partially owning the other; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite dish;
- 3 radio broadcast networks with RTM operating one;
- the government-owned network includes 10 regional radio channels in addition to its national service.
- Mobile-cellular service, 134 telephones per 100 persons(2020).
Downsides of Technological Analysis in Morocco
- Inadequate network of fixed lines with a tele density of just over 6 telephone connections per 100 persons good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat.
- The Moroccan military’s inventory is comprised of mostly older French and US equipment; since 2010, it has received equipment from about a dozen countries with France and the US as the leading suppliers (2021).
