Morocco - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesMorocco is located Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara. The climate is Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior. The terrain is northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 2.394 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 20.029 million (2007)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : modern system with all important capabilities; however, density is low with only 7 fixed lines available for each 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is approaching 60 per 100 persons
Telephone system - 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
Telephone system - international : country code - 212; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; 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 (2007)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)
Radios
Radios : 6.64 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions
Televisions : 3.1 million (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .ma
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 275,889 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 8 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 7.3 million (2007)
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