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Latest Telecoms News from Morocco
Maroc Telecom Subscriber Base Up 11% in 2009
Morocco's Maroc Telecom Group has reported that its revenues for the first nine months of 2009 totaled EUR1,999 million, up 3.6% compared to the same period in 2008...
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Meditel Looking to Float 25% by Year-End
Moroccan telecoms operator, Meditel is planning to float at least a quarter of its shares on the local stock exchange before the end of this year, local newspapers reported. ...
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Competition Stings Morocco's Telecom Incumbent
Morocco's telecommunications market will be marked by an increase in competition in both fixed and mobile segments during the next five years, leaving incumbent Maroc Telecom to deal with the mounting pressure,...
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Customer growth collapses as Maroc Telecom's Moroccan business stalls
The mobile business, which accounts for almost two-thirds of Maroc Telecom's MAD14.6bn strong topline, grew by 25.9% in connection terms in the year to 30th June 2008, but by just 5.9% in the most recent 12 months....
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SFR Q1 Revenues Up 31% - Sells 120,000 iPhone Handsets
France's Vivendi Group has reported a 6.9% drop in first-quarter adjusted net profits to EUR 649 million due to interest costs on higher debt. Interest payments reached EUR 108 million, up from EUR 37 million a year ago....
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Zain Invests in Moroccan Mobile Operator
Kuwait based Zain has announced plans to take an equity stake equivalent to 15.5% in Moroccan mobile network operator, Wana. ...
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Maroc Telecom takes over Mali's Sotelma
The Moroccan telecommunications group said on Saturday it had acquired 51% of the Malian national telecommunication company (Sotelma) after making a €252 million bid....
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Foreign investors have the highest share of revenues in Arab telecom markets
Foreign investors have the highest share of revenues in the telecom markets of Jordan, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, reports the Arab Advisors Group. ...
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Maroc Telecom buys out 51% of Malian public operator
Maroc Telecom has offered 250 million euros to take the lead of contesting companies for the buy out of 51% of the Malian public company (Sotelma) shares, official sources disclosed Friday in Bamako....
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Morocco's third 2G licence highlights opportunities in the Mid-East and Nth Africa
More operators will enter the telecoms markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as liberalisation continues, but established players still have many opportunities to expand their presence in the region, according to the new report from Analysys Mason....
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