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.[4]
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.[5]
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
In 2020, Freedom House gave Morocco an Internet Freedom Score of 54/100, labeling its Internet "Partly Free."[1]
References
- 1 2 "Morocco, Country report, Freedom on the Net, 2017". Freedom House. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ↑ "ICT Facts and Figures, 2017" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Africa Internet User Stats and 2022 Population by Country".
- 1 2 "Le Maroc compte près de 17,3 millions d'internautes". Aujourd'hui. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25.
- 1 2 Nouvelle, L'Usine (2015-07-01). "Maroc Telecom lance son offre 4G le 13 juillet et promet des débits records" (in French).
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(help) - ↑ "Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - The World Factbook - CIA". Nations Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 17, 2018.