Maroc Telecom first-half profit up 2.3% boosted by African markets

Maroc Telecom is Morocco's No. 1 telecommunications operator. Net sales (including intra-group) break down by activity as follows: - mobile telephony (58.4%): 19.5 million customers in Morocco at the end of 2020, distributed between customers with prepaid cards (17.2 million) and with post-paid subscriptions (2.3 million). At the end of 2020, the group owned 13,000 base stations; - fixed telephony and Internet (41.6%): fixed telephony services (2 million lines installed in Morocco as of the end of 2020), interconnection services, data transmission, and Internet access (1,738,000 subscribers). At the end of 2020, the network had a total of 45,000 km of urban fiber optic and intercity fiber optic cables. Products and services are marketed through a network of 4,400 owned agencies, more than 75,000 group-approved points of sale (tobacconists, local shops, etc.) and independent distribution channels. Morocco accounts for 56.8% of net sales (including intra-group).