Morocco opens its land phone to competition

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.