In a follow up to our story on the high cost of mobile phone roaming in Africa and the Arab world, comes some good news from the telephony sector in Morocco.
According to the Minister of Economic and General Affairs, Rachid Talbi El Alami, the telephony penetration rate in Morocco reached 45.83 per cent in 2005 an increase of 25 per cent since 2002. Speaking at the opening of the international telecommunication fair Telecom-Maroc-2006, Alami said the telecom market growth was very significant since 2002 in terms of subscribers and sales figures. The telecommunications services market has doubled since 2002, reaching $224m, he added.In late 2005, Internet subscriptions reached 263,000, an 131.8 per cent increase from December 2004, adding that the number of Internet users increased to around 4,000,000 thanks to the growth of Internet cafes, which stand today at around 8000.
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