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Morocco - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.266 million (2006) Telephones - mobile cellular: 16.005 million (2006) Telephone system: general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however, density is low with only 4 main lines available for each 100 persons 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 international: country code - 212; 7 submarine cables; 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 (1998) Radio broadcast stations: AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998) Television broadcast stations: 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995) Internet country code: .ma Internet hosts: 3,218 (2006) Internet users: 6.1 million (2006)