Orange Morocco Unveils $3.5 Billion Investment Plan to Expand Fiber Optic Network by 2025

More specifically, the investment program will support the digitization of society, contribute to the development of the fixed broadband and very high-speed broadband market, and democratize access to all segments of the population, according to a statement from the company.

The objective is also to enable companies and public administrations to have diversified offers in connectivity, hosting, information systems security, the Internet of Things, and to support the development of VSEs/SMEs, it adds.

"Orange Morocco is part of the strategy to develop very high-speed broadband in Morocco by aligning itself with the government’s guidance note aimed at accelerating the deployment of the National Broadband Plan, in order to achieve in particular a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) coverage of 50% of households by 2025," the management stressed, noting that this new investment comes in addition to the 105 billion dirhams invested since the start of activities in Morocco in 1999.

Everything is in place for the launch of 5G in the coming days, according to the ANRT’s schedule, it assured, specifying that this technology should allow to reach theoretical speeds of 2 Gbit/s. Quality of service management will open up new fields of application, particularly for the industrial world, automotive, multimedia or critical uses, it indicates.