Telephones - main lines in use: 1,341,200 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 9,336,900 (2004)
Telephone system: general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however, density is low with
only 4.6 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: 2,538 (2005)
Internet users: 3.5 million (2005)