The turnover of telecommunications stood in 2007 at MAD 30Bn (USD 4Bn), up from MAD 8.5Bn (USD 1.1Bn) in 1999, to provide 7% of Morocco's GDP. This contribution is yet expected to rise to 10% in 2012, according to official figures released recently at a study day on the sidelines of the 10th anniversary of the agency of telecom regulation (ANRT). The sector has helped create some 37,000 direct jobs and around 120,000 indirect ones, and represents half of the foreign direct investments during the last five years, Prime Minister, Abbas El Fassi said at the opening of the study day, held in Skhirat (near Rabat). As part of the plan to boost the sector, El Fassi said, the government's priorities include implementing the digital development of the territory, and reducing the digital gap. He stressed the need to develop e-contents in order to facilitate communication between the citizens in underprivileged regions and neighborhoods, improve the quality of proximity services, and democratize access to NICTs, especially thanks to the downward course of telecommunication service prices.

 

 

Source : Maghreb Arab Press