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During an oral questions session at the House of Councillors last Thursday, Minister of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni announced that Morocco has made fiber optic equipment mandatory for all new construction projects and housing developments.
The joint ministerial decree, adopted in September, aims to guarantee high-speed connectivity from the initial planning phases. “New constructions will now be directly connected to fiber optic networks,” Seghrouchni stated, noting that this measure will facilitate access to high-quality digital services and ultra-fast speeds.
The announcement comes as Morocco’s 5G network deployment achieves remarkable early success. Just seven days after the official launch, approximately 60 cities nationwide are already covered by the new technology. The rollout relies on 6,000 operational base stations, with plans to reach 8,200 stations by December 31.
Seven million compatible devices have already connected to the 5G network. This figure includes smartphones, tablets, and other compatible equipment, indicating rapid user adoption across the country.
The three national operators have introduced 100 commercial offers covering both prepaid and postpaid segments. For prepaid services, subscribers now receive 11 GB instead of the previous 5 GB for MAD 50, representing a 120% increase. Postpaid packages show at least a 20% data increase while maintaining the same pricing.
These improvements apply to both 4G and 5G services. Operators have also begun integrating multimedia content services into their packages, including Netflix, music streaming platforms, and educational content. Maroc Telecom clients specifically benefit from offers integrating the beIN Sports platform services, StarzPlay, and Glovo Prime.
Minister Seghrouchni revealed that her department is working to connect 6,300 administrative sites to fiber optic networks by 2026. Infrastructure sharing between operators has improved service quality while reducing costs, leading to a 20% decrease in fiber optic tariffs and the introduction of 1-gigabit-per-second offers for the first time in Morocco.
The country currently has nearly 4 million FTTH (fiber to the home) lines distributed among the three national operators. This number continues to grow due to competition and diversified service offerings.
During Tuesday’s parliamentary session, Seghrouchni confirmed that the 5G launch covered 50 Moroccan cities without any price changes. Internet data allowances for some subscriptions increased from 30 to 50 GB at no additional cost to keep services accessible to the population.
The minister confirmed that deployment does not distinguish between rural and urban areas, depending solely on infrastructure readiness. She described the 5G launch as a strategic step in developing national digital infrastructure and supporting Morocco’s leading role in communications and digital transformation across Africa and the region.
Seghrouchni also announced that her ministry is currently working on redesigning the backend interface of the “Idarati” platform to integrate new digital services that simplify procedures and facilitate tasks for documentation officials.
The ministry has prepared a draft law on digitizing administrative services to establish rules for designing and delivering digital services and adopting inter-administrative exchanges.
The “Morocco Digital 2030” strategy aims to cover 70% of the population with 5G and connect 5.6 million homes to fiber optic networks by the end of the decade as part of the National High and Very High-Speed Broadband Plan.
Seghrouchni positioned these projects as decisive advances toward the North African country’s digital sovereignty, supporting the transition to a sustainable digital economy with green data centers, renewable energy-powered infrastructure, and secure cloud services accessible to all.
Source: Morocco word news
