Global indicators workshop on community access to ICTs

Mexico City16-19 November 2004

Presented by: ZAZ YoussefIT Responsible

KINGDOM OF MOROCCODepartment of Post, Telecommunication and Information Technologies

Phone: +212-62-10-21-67, Fax: +212-37-26-87-09E-mail: y.zaz@septi.gov.ma

Web site: http//www.septi.gov.ma

Access to ICT in Morocco

المملكةالمغربية

Area : 710 000 Sq. Km

Population : 30 Millions

Coast : over 3,500 km.

Weather : Mediterranean

Government : Constitutional monarchy

Per capita GDP: USD 1300

Kingdom of Morocco

Royaume du Maroc

Reino de Marruecos

المملكةالمغربية

ICT in Morocco

There are number of institutions that are involved in regulating and setting up policies for the ICT sector: IT Department National Regulatory Agency of Telecom (ANRT) Broadcasting High Authority Ministry of Communication Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of Modernization of public sectors

IT Department

IT Department (Department in charge of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology) is a government administration unit in charge of developing and implementing policies related to Post and Information Technology.

It participates in the conceptualization of general orientations of governmental policies in the field of information technology, telecommunications, posts and network development and prepares government action plan on ITC domains.

Laws

Law 24-96: Adopted in 1997, liberalization of

telecommunication sector and creation of National

Regulatory Agency of Telecom (ANRT).

Law 55-01 : Extends universal service to ICT access

including Internet.

Cellular phone: 7,8 million (penetration rate: 26,06%).

Fixed phone : 1,35 million (penetration rate: 4,4%).

Number of PCs: 700 000 (Penetration rate: 2.36%).

280 000 household have PC.

TV: 4 100 000 (76% household have a TV).

Some Telecommunication statistics

Source ANRT 2004

In service : from 1995.

Number of web sites: + 6000.

Internet subscribers: 90 000 (44% ADSL).

Internet users: + 1.000.000.

International Bandwidth : ~ 710 Mb/s .

Leased lines : 6300.

Number of cyber café: 3900.

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Internet activity is liberalized, but influenced by fixed services monopole.

regulatory and competitive environment

Technology/service Stat of market Number of licenses

Fixed phone Monopole 1

GSM Liberalized 2

VSAT Liberalized 3

GMPCS Liberalized 6

3RP Liberalized 3

AdministrationsAdministrations OfficesOffices CollectivitiesCollectivities

Penetration Penetration raterate

70% 100% 44%

Type of Type of connectionconnection

- 75 % by LS

- 20 % by PSTN

- 6 % by ISDN

- 52 % by LS

- 10 % by PSTN

- 4% by RNIS

- 50 % by PSTN

- 25 % by LS

-2 5 % by ISDN

ISPsISPs - IAM : 89 %

- others : 11 %

- IAM : 83 %

- others : 17 %

- IAM : 75 %

- Others : 25 %

DebitDebit - 128 Ko : 43 %

- 64 Ko : 41 %

- 128 Ko : 43 %

- 64 Ko : 13 %

- 128 Ko : 25 %

- 56 Ko : 50 %

Web siteWeb site 47% 70% 22%

Internet penetration in civil services

IT Strategy

Priority Area 1: Education, training, research and culture

Priority Area 2: Administration and local authorities Priority Area 3: Companies and the Economy Priority Area 4: Introducing ICT in social life Priority Area 5 : popularize E-commerce

In 2005, Morocco aims reach the standard of

emerging countries. At that level, Morocco

focuses to register about 3 million Internet user,

representing about 10% of the population.

In 2010, Morocco intends to reach the standards

of developed countries.

The IT strategy deadlines:

Thank you