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• Maroc Telecom Fined $360 Million for Unfair Competition Practices
  4 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  Maroc Telecom is ordered to pay a fine of 3.6 billion DH for "unfair competition". Adeslam Ahizoune has trivialized this case and minimized the sanctions.
  If Maroc Telecom was able to get away with it in 2016, with a simple warning, although its monopolistic practices were apparent, particularly in terms of infrastructure sharing, this time the verdict is final. 3.6 billion DH to pay as a fine. Enough to bleed the Emirati shareholders’ pockets.

• Morocco to Tighten Telecom Regulations, Requiring SIM Card Identification
  12 July 2023, by Said

  Ghita Mezzour, the delegate minister in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, stated on Tuesday in Rabat that the obligation to identify any subscriber wishing to subscribe to telecom services rests with the public telecommunications network operators.
  According to the official, the latter should identify the customers who have purchased a SIM card, whether they are distributors, resellers or commercial agents.
  Ms. Mezzour, in response to a question about anonymous SIM (…)

• Morocco’s Internet Access Surges: 74% of Households Now Connected, ANRT Survey Shows
  18 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  74% of Moroccan households are equipped with internet access, or 6 million households, according to data provided by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT).
  The internet penetration rate in Moroccan households is increasing. This is the result of the survey to collect ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) indicators, conducted by ANRT in 2018, among households and individuals. It is edifying. It reveals that eight out of ten households in urban areas are (…)

• Morocco Expands Telecom Regulator Board to Improve Service Quality
  16 December 2019, by Ginette

  Five new members have joined the board of directors of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT). Their mission, among other things, is to enable better quality of access to telecommunications services.
  According to the decree of the Head of Government recently published in the Official Bulletin, the ANRT is adding five new members to its board of directors. They are the expert Ahmed Khaouja, the CEO of Medi 1 TV, Hassan Khiyar, Mohamed Horani, the CEO of COSUMAR, Mohamed (…)

• Mobile Number Portability in Morocco Now Takes Just 2 Days, Regulator Says
  10 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  Telecom service subscribers wishing to port their numbers to other operators can breathe a sigh of relief. They will now benefit from reduced processing times.
  Porting requests are now processed in 2 days via the Centralized Number Portability Database (BDCPN), which was set up on December 16, 2019, the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) said in a press release.
  The BDCPN, which was developed and operated by the Sirgad-Mediafon-Mediafon Data Pro consortium, contributes (…)

• Morocco’s Telecom Regulator Sets 4-Year Plan, Eyes 5G Rollout
  16 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) has defined new priorities for the telecoms sector for the next four years. This is the essence of the latest session of the agency’s board of directors.
  Consolidation of the economic model, new strategic orientations, 5G... These are among the new priorities of the telecoms sector. The ANRT looked at the need to capitalize on the sector’s economic model during the latest session of its board of directors, reports the newspaper Les (…)

• Morocco’s Telecom Giant Faces $300 Million Fine for Anti-Competitive Practices
  3 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  Maroc Telecom has been ordered to pay more than 3 billion DH by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) for anti-competitive practices. The court has taken the dispute under advisement for a judgment set for February 24.
  Considered at first as a rumor, the sanction was confirmed by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) during the past week.
  Four years earlier, the regulator had issued a warning against IAM Maroc Telecom, accused by its competitors of (…)

• ANRT Imposes Record Fine on Maroc Telecom to Boost Fixed Broadband Competition
  4 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  "Remedy this situation with a view to developing competition in the fixed high-speed (voice and Internet) segment, in a way that is likely to benefit consumers and businesses to a greater extent, like mobile." This is the objective of the measures taken by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT), last Sunday, in a ruling made public, according to a statement from the operator.
  The ANRT, in its ruling, looked into the case of the referral filed against Maroc Telecom (…)

• Maroc Telecom Shares Plummet 7.52% After Record Fine Announcement
  5 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The value of Itissalat Al Maghrib (IAM) or the Maroc Telecom share recorded a dizzying drop of 7.52% in a single day on Monday, February 3, 2020. The reason is the record fine that the company has been ordered to pay.
  7.52%. According to data collected by the Ecofin Agency, this percentage represents the largest single-day decline that Maroc Telecom, the leading capitalization on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, has ever experienced since July 23, 2013, when its share fell by 9.3%.
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• Morocco’s Internet Subscribers Surge 11%, Reaching 25 Million in 2019
  11 March 2020, by Sylvanus

  Another good progress for the base of Internet subscribers in Morocco with an increase of more than 11% during the year 2019.
  According to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT), the Internet subscriber base reached 25.38 million in 2019, an increase of 11.43% compared to 2018. The penetration rate stood at 71.33%.
  The growth is 11.22% to 23.68 million subscribers for the mobile Internet segment alone. 4G has boomed by 63.66% to 15.72 million subscribers, the ANRT (…)