Internet in Morocco explained

The Internet in Morocco is among the more developed in the MENA region. The country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Morocco is .ma.

Access

According to the ITU, Morocco has 20,535,174 Internet users, or a 58.3%^[1] penetration rate as of June 2017.^[2] This includes 12 million Facebook users.^[3] Between 2013 and 2014, the Moroccan Internet population grew by 1 million.^[4] As of 2015, 94.1% of Moroccan netizens use mobile devices to access the Internet.

In June 2015, Meditel became the first operator in the country and in North Africa to deploy 4G, followed two days later by Inwi.^[5]

In July 2015, Maroc Telecom deployed their 4G network, few weeks after its competitors.

According to the CIA, 8 Internet service providers are located in Morocco.^[6] These include Maroc Telecom, Orange Morocco, and Inwi.

To access the internet, the following options are available: 4G, ADSL, Fibre Internet, VSAT, CDMA, and public Wi-Fi.

Censorship

See main article: Internet censorship in Morocco.

In 2020, Freedom House gave Morocco an Internet Freedom Score of 54/100, labeling its Internet "Partly Free."

References

Inovat - Agence Web Rabat Maroc

Notes and References

Web site: Morocco, Country report, Freedom on the Net, 2017. January 18, 2018. Freedom House.
Web site: ICT Facts and Figures, 2017. January 17, 2018.
Web site: Africa Internet User Stats and 2022 Population by Country. 2013-08-11. 2019-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804081757/https://www.internetworldstats.com/africa.htm#ma. dead.
Web site: Le Maroc compte près de 17,3 millions d'internautes. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925065516/http://www.aujourdhui.ma/geeks/nouvelles-technologies/le-maroc-compte-pres-de-17-3-millions-d-internautes-118912 . dead. 2015-09-25. Aujourd'hui.
Nouvelle . L'Usine . 2015-07-01 . Maroc Telecom lance son offre 4G le 13 juillet et promet des débits records . fr.
Web site: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - The World Factbook - CIA. January 17, 2018. Nations Encyclopedia.