Morocco Telecom Market

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Morocco Telecom Market provides an overview and assessment of the telecom market in Morocco. It focuses on the three main sectors of mobile telephony, fixed-line telephony and broadband. It assesses the main industry challenges, market drivers and restraints and provides a comprehensive analysis of the current as well as future market scenario. This study provides competitive analysis of telecom operators and their expenditure trends. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly analyze the following services: data, voice and video.

 Market Overview

Telecom Operators Need to Offer Simplified Packages for Low-income Groups in the Moroccan Market

A low fixed-line penetration of 11.1 per cent is driving mobile growth in Morocco, especially, in remote areas where mobile telephony services are easier to access then fixed-line telecom services. Mobile telephony's increasing prevalence, along with young users' demand for value-added services and broadband, will encourage operators to provide innovative applications and content such as mobile lotteries and short message service (SMS) quizzes. "The Moroccan telecom market will also benefit from the advanced regulatory environment, which fosters competitive conditions,” said the analyst of this research. "On the other hand, intense competition is stoking price wars and thereby, slashing operating margins."

Mobile revenue growth is expected to be lesser than subscriber growth, mostly due to reduced tariffs and the addition of low-income subscribers, which decreases the average revenue per user. Operators should acknowledge that the next wave of subscriber growth is expected from low-income consumers. Besides innovative and advanced services for high-end subscribers, they should offer simplified broadband services to penetrate the low-income segment effectively. Such targeted services will also enable operators to better manage churn and improve subscriber growth.

Morocco could also leverage its advantageous geographic location, as many large companies from Europe (especially France) view it as a viable outsourcing destination. "These investors will be looking to outsource their production, assembly, customer service and call centres to reduce costs," noted the analyst. "Telecom operators can gain additional revenue streams by providing them with call centres and becoming a third-party service provider."

Technologies:

• 2G
• 3G
• 4G
• CDMA
• HSPA