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Telephones -
main lines in use | 1.341 million (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 12.393 million (2005) | | | 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 users | 4.6 million (2005) | |
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