Saturday, 4 February 2012

Telecommunication in Morocco




- INWI is a telecommunication company in Morocco. After poor marketing, the former ONA WANA subsidiary of Holding, was given a face-lift, change of name, image, color and strategy. Following an agreement with the consortium Kuwaiti Zain / Ajial laying undertakes to 2.85 billion in exchange for 32% of the new company, on 23 February 2010 were released for marketing.


Maroc Telecom (Acronym: IAM) is the main telecommunication company in MoroccoIAM employs around 11,178 employees. It has 8 regional delegations with 220 offices present on all the territory of Morocco. IAM is controlled by Vivendi which has a 53% share of its capital.[1] The company is listed in both Casablanca Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris.


Méditel (or Médi Télécom) is one of three licensed telecommunications operators in Morocco. Its headquarters is based in CasablancaMéditel obtained the second license of mobile telephony in Morocco in 1999. It began its commercial operations on March 29, 2000. The initial ownership structure was composed of five shareholders: Portugal Telecom (32.18%), Telefónica (32.18%), FinanceCom, the first Moroccan financial group (18.06%), the Moroccan industrial group HoldCo (CDG + Akwa Group (17.59%). However, in September 2009, Portugal Telecom and Telefónica sold their stakes to local investors.[1] FinanceCom and CDG now own equal parts (50%). In 2010, France Telecom closed to buy 40 percent of Moroccan telecoms operator Meditel for 640 million euros ($840 million).


These are the three Moroccan telecommunication companies in Morocco with the definitions that anyone on the internet could find, but are they really Moroccan ? What do you think ?

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