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Morocco

Internet has been introduced in Morocco in November 1995. The national telecom, Itissalat Al Maghrib (IAM), provides the international Internet hub for a large ISP sector. The international link has been upgraded from 8 Mbps to 13 Mbps and it runs to the US, Italy and France. There are currently 75 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) located in Casablanca, Rabat and Tangier, with others in Tetouan, Fes, Meknes, Marrakech, Oujda and Agadir.

IAM assumes the top level administrarion of .ma. The Morocco Internet Society Chapter is the first one to be established in the continent. With an active programme of events, its large membership is probably the most representative of the public sector networking in the country. Out of the 75 ISPs, the major ones include the following:

• Autoroutes de l'Information et du Multimedia (AIM)
• ACDIM
• Arcnet
• Atlas Net
• Athena Online
• Azure Net
• Casa Net
• CBI Maroc
• Cybermania
• Cyber
• Cybernet
• DigiWeb
• EBE
• Extra Bit Newtork
• Elan
• Espace Net
• Groupe ESG
• IPC
• L&L technologies
• Marocnet: www.marocnet.net.ma
• Maroc net: www.maroc.net
• Maghrebnet: www.maghrebnet.net.ma
• Maghreb net: www.maghreb.net
• Morocco Internet Services
• Morocco Trade and Development Services
• Open Group
• Rym t&f
• SIS Consultants
• Sprint Technology
• Wafa Negoce Net
• Winner Net
• World Telecommunications

Cyberclubs, Cybercafes

• ACDIM, Cyber cafe
• Cyberinfo, Cyberclub
• Groupe Open Cyberclub
• Maghrebnet Planet, Cyber cafe
• MAMnet, Cyber cafe

Internet host sites: 951 (2000)

Internet subscribers (1999):

• Total: 20,000
• Internet subscribers per 10,000 inhabitants: 7.14

Internet Users (1999):

• Total: 50,000
• Users per 10,000 inhabitants: 17.94

Internet use by categories:

• Commercial:
• Academic:
• Research:
• NGO/UN/International:
• Government:
• Others:

Internet bandwidth (Kbps): 100,000 (2002)

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