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Moroccan mobile penetration stands at 75.43% in Q1

  • May 11th, 2009
  • 7:04 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Morocco has gained 700,000 mobile subscribers in Q1, taking its total subscriber base to 23.52 million, as per the figures revealed by ANRT. The market has grown by 3.07% and mobile penetration stood at 75.43% in first quarter ended in March. Maroc Telecom (IAM) experiences a rise in its subscriber base by 1.21% to 14.63 million from 14.46 million three months ago, holds 62.21% market share in March-end. Medi Telecom, which held 35.57% market share, posted a subscriber base of 8.37 million, up 5.56%. Wana Corporate reports a rise of 19.68% to 521,000 from 435,000 subscribers, captures a 2.22% market share.

Considering the overall growth, the number of subscribers in prepaid segment has grown by 3.13% to 22.58million and postpaid segment stood at 938,000, up 1.7%. The prepaid sector accounts for 96.01% of all Moroccan mobile phone subscribers. 3G arena experiences a rise of 26.555 to 339,314 in Q1 and nearly trebled from 87,278 in the same period a year ago. Wana leads the market share in 3G market with 62.49%, followed to this is Maroc Telecom with 19.03 percent and Medi telecom share stands at 18.48%.

Maroc Telecom introduces online bill payment system (Morocco)

  • April 6th, 2009
  • 11:04 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Maroc Telecom has launched an online billing payment service for its fixed-line, mobile and internet subscribers holding a Moroccan bank card or international Visa or Mastercard. After receiving the PIN Code over the phone or in-store, subscribers can use its bill payment system 24×7 from various Maroc Telecom websites.

   

MTN likely to purchase ZTE’s 51% stake in Congo-Chine Telecom

  • March 26th, 2009
  • 11:00 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTN, the African incumbent, is likely to purchase ZTE’s 51% stake in Congo-Chine Telecom, a mobile operator in Democratic Republic of Congo. MTN is reportedly the potential buyer among several suitors planning to acquire Congo-Chine Telecom. According to Kang Linghua, Spokesman of the company, negotiations to sell the country’s third-largest mobile operator, valued at about $400 million, may stretch beyond this year because of the global economic recession.
The acquisition would enable MTN to expand into a market that’s likely to add 25 million subscribers over five years as 85% of people there still don’t own mobile phones. As for ZTE, the sale would help the Chinese firm focus on its main business of selling equipment and handsets. Kang has further revealed that Maroc Telecom has also held talks about a possible purchase.

   

Maroc Telecom wins bid to acquire 51% stake in Sotelma (Morocco, Mali)

  • March 2nd, 2009
  • 10:41 am

Maroc Telecom, the Moroccan incumbent, has won the bid to acquire 51% stake in Mali’s telecom operator Sotelma. The Mali government has reportedly declared Maroc Telecom as the provisional winner of the auction. Maroc Telecom had offered $317.34 million to acquire the controlling stake in Sotelma, moving ahead of the offers made by Sudatel and Portugal Telecom. The Mali government will still maintain its 20% stake in the telecom service provider, Sotelma.

   

Maroc Telecom’s 2008 consolidated earnings rise by 13.5% (Morocco)

  • February 24th, 2009
  • 7:38 am

Maroc Telecom, the Moroccon incumbent has reported a 13.5% growth in its annual consolidated earnings to $1.60 billion in 2008, attributed to the mobile growth.
The operator’s annual revenues rose by 7.2% to $3.40 billion and further intends a revenue expansion of more than 3% and a rise of 47% in operating margin in 2009.

   

Mobile Penetration rate grows to 73.98% in Morocco

  • February 9th, 2009
  • 11:50 am

Morocco’s mobile subscriber base grows to 14% to 22.82 million at the end of 2008, in comparison to 20.03 million a year earlier, according to a report. Mobile penetration has grown to 73.98% from 65.66% over the same period. Maroc Telecom bags first position with 63.36% mobile subscribers, followed by Medi Telecom with 34.73% and Wana Corporate with 1.91%. The mix of prepaid to contract subscriber remains at 96/4.

Maroc Telecom likely to win 51% stake in SOTELMA (Mali)

  • January 20th, 2009
  • 6:51 am

Maroc Telecom reportedly to win the bidding for a 51% stake in state-owned Malian telco Societe des Telecommunications du Mali (SOTELMA). Maroc Telecom has offered US$332 million for the stake, beating out bids from other operators including Portugal Telecom, Telecel Globe (part of Egypt’s Orascom Telecom) and Sudan’s Sudatel.

According to a report, Malian Govt is planning to sell the operator will see it retain a 20% stake in the operator, with 10% and 19% holdings reserved for employees and investors respectively.

Maroc Telecom 2008 sales up 7.2% (Morocco)

  • January 19th, 2009
  • 8:25 am

Maroc Telecom, the leading telecoms group in Morocco, on Monday posted a 7.2% rise in annual sales, driven mainly by mobile operations.
In the fourth quarter alone, consolidated revenues rose 3.9 percent to 7.484 billion Moroccan dirhams ($889.6 million) and reached 29.521 billion dirhams over the 12 months to Dec. 31.

Maroc Telecom is controlled by Vivendi, Europe’s largest entertainment group, through a 54 percent holding.

For the year just passed, it said it expected to report growth in earnings from operations of above 13 percent.

“In a more difficult context, Maroc Telecom achieved in 2008 noticeable revenues and continues to improve significantly its profitability,” Maroc Telecom Chairman Abdeslam Ahizoune.

For more information, please visit www.maroctelecom.com

ANRT opens tender for third GSM mobile licence (Morocco)

  • October 30th, 2008
  • 10:43 am

The Moroccan regulator ANRT opens up a new tender for country’s third GSM mobile licence. The documents for the tender are available for MAD 40,000 from 3 November. Morocco, in May announced the plans to issue a third network licence. The winner will compete with Meditel and Maroc Telecom.

   

STC even after rejection, confident about expansion in North Africa (Saudi Arabia)

  • September 23rd, 2008
  • 5:35 am

Saudi Telecom Company is sure about it’s expansion in North Africa, despite a reported rejection from the Maroc Telecom’s French owner Vivendi. According to STC CEO Saud Al Duweish hopes a change in mind of Vivendi, which reportedly denied of STC making any official bid. ‘We tested the waters for Maroc Telecom but we didn’t get a positive feedback…We hope Vivendi will change its mind,’ he said, adding, ‘We are interested in the Middle East and North Africa in general but we are looking at North Africa in particular.’