In the second quarter of 2016, mobile communication prices registered an annual decrease of 23%reaching 0.23 DH/min without tax. The average bill
per internet client increased by 4% to 24
DH/month without tax. About 15 million internet networks are active in Morocco.
The national Agency of telecommunication regulation published end July the scorecard for the telecommunication sector for the 2016 2nd quarter. The main indicators performed better during this period. The mobile communication rates measured by average income per minute (APRM), registered an annual decrease of 23% reaching 0.23 DH/min without tax at the end of June 2016 compared to 0.30 DH/min at the end of June 2015. The average bill per internet client increased reaching 24DH/month without tax on 30 June 2016 compared to 23DH without tax the same period last year. The mobile internet monthly bill also registered an increase of 13% reaching 17DH/client at the end of June 2016. That of ADSL stabilized at 97DH/client during the same period. Concerning fixed lines, APRM registered an increase of 12% from 0.85DH without tax on 30 June 2015 to 0.95DH without tax on 30 June 2016. As for uses, the average monthly usage by subscribers continue to rise, the mean number of minutes/client reached 112 minutes/client per month at the end of June 2016, an increase of 19% in one year. Thi growth is accompanied by an annual evolution of outgoing mobile traffic which increased by close to 13% reaching 14.17 billion minutes in the 2nd quarter of 2016. The number of SMS exchanged during the 2nd quarter was 2.04 billion units a decrease of 54.62% in one year passing from 129 to 124 minutes per client and per month between the end of June 2015 and end June 2016. Outgoing traffic voice traffic registered an annual decrease of more than 12% reaching 815 million minutes.
Mobile internet stimulates growth
For the evolution of the subscribers, the number of internet subscribers is 14.89 million in the 2nd quarter displaying an annual growth rate of 32.2%. the penetration rate reached 43.98%. The mobile internet reached 13.69 million subscribers i.e. a progression of 34.4% annually. The ADSL registered an increase of about 12%. Morocco has 41.44million subscribers with a penetration rate of 122.43%. the mobile billing revealed a growth of 19.1% annually on the postpaid bills reaching 2.88 million subscribers and a fall of 5% on prepaid bills reaching 38.56 million subscribers. The fixed section registered a fall of 8.6% attaining 2.13 million subscribers of which 362 661 in restrained mobility (an annual decrease of 40.6%). Finally the domain name «.ma» consist of 61 391 domain names by the end of June 2016 registering an increase of 746%.
