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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.391 million (1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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116,645 (1998)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system with all important capabilities; however density is low with only 4.6 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: 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)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)
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Radios:
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6.64 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)
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Televisions:
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3.1 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.ma
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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8 (2000)
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Internet users:
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400,000 (2002)
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