Morocco's high-speed internet reaches nearly all rural areas

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, the Minister Delegate in charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, announced that the first phase of Morocco's National High and Very High Speed Broadband Development Plan has been completed. This phase covered over 10,690 out of 10,740 zones with 2G, 3G, and 4G telecommunication services. The second phase of the plan has been launched, aiming to cover and improve services for 2,000 new rural areas by 2026. These areas were identified through a participatory approach involving local authorities, parliamentarians, and local elected officials. Satellite technologies VSAT are being used in areas difficult to serve by terrestrial networks, with each customer eligible for 2,500 dirhams in financial support per subscription, for up to 4,000 beneficiaries annually. Additionally, 5G has been launched in over 50 cities, serving approximately 7 million subscribers. Operators have committed to investments exceeding 80 billion dirhams by 2035 to expand this service, aiming to cover 45% of the population by 2026 and 85% by 2030. Efforts are also underway to implement the national fiber optic plan, which seeks to equip 5.6 million homes by 2030 by strengthening infrastructure sharing among operators and mandating fiber optic equipment in new subdivisions and infrastructure.