Rabat, Feb.24 - Morocco is opening to competition its land phone system which is operated currently by “Maroc Telecom”.
The Moroccan agency for telecommunications regulation (ANRT) has launched a tender for the awarding of new generation licences for establishment and operation of public telecommunication networks.
The operation concerns six licences : local nodes (two for each region), inter-urban (2 licences) and international (2 licences), says ANRT.
Currently, there are over 1.3 million subscribers to the land phone, according to figures of Maroc-Telecom.
According to the source, this step is taken in continuation of the telecommunications liberalization in Morocco.
MAP 2005
It's too expensive right now & hopefully opening the market up will bring down the price of internet access from home
25th February 2005, 22:44
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