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Fez – Morocco’s telecommunications sector continued to expand during the first quarter of 2026, supported by growing demand for high-speed internet, wider fiber-optic coverage, and the rollout of 5G services.
According to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT), the sector’s total revenue increased by 2.89% compared with the same period last year, excluding the effects of inflation.
While traditional voice services continued to decline, rising internet usage helped sustain growth across the industry.
Mobile subscriptions reached 57.06 million by the end of March, representing a penetration rate of nearly 155% .
Postpaid subscriptions grew by 6.42% to 8.33 million customers, while prepaid lines accounted for 48.73 million subscriptions.
Despite the increase in subscribers, mobile voice traffic continued to fall.
Outgoing calls dropped by 18.79% year-on-year to 8.45 billion minutes, while average monthly usage declined to 49 minutes per subscriber.
SMS traffic also fell by 9.12% to 340 million messages.
Internet services remained the strongest growth area.
The total number of internet subscriptions reached 41.08 million, up 3.05% from a year earlier.
Mobile internet represented the largest share with 38.1 million subscriptions.
The expansion of 5G continued at a rapid pace. Morocco counted 3.22 million 5G users by the end of the first quarter, supported by around 8,400 base stations covering 44% of the population.
At the same time, the number of 4G users stood at 33.07 million.
Data consumption also surged. Average monthly data use per customer increased by 48%, reaching 60 gigabytes, reflecting the growing importance of digital services and online content.
Fixed internet services recorded steady growth as well. The total fixed-line market, including 4G and 5G home internet boxes, reached 4.6 million subscriptions.
Excluding cellular internet boxes, fixed-line subscriptions rose by 5.05% to 3.26 million.
Fiber-optic connections remained the fastest-growing segment.
Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) subscriptions increased by 32.68 % over the year to nearly 1.5 million.
Around 60% of these connections offered speeds exceeding 50 Mbps.
In contrast, fixed-line voice services continued to lose ground.
Traffic fell by 13.94 % to 386 million minutes, with average monthly usage standing at 40 minutes per subscriber.
The business connectivity market also recorded a decline.
ANRT’s Data Entreprises observatory reported a 4.8% drop in corporate data-link subscriptions, which totaled 36,571 connections.
Meanwhile, Morocco’s digital ecosystem continued to expand.
The number of internet domain names ending in “.ma” rose by 8.1% year-on-year to nearly 136,000 registrations, including more than 10,300 new domain names created during the first three months of 2026.
The latest figures highlight the ongoing shift in Morocco’s telecommunications market, where demand for faster internet and data services is increasingly outweighing the use of traditional voice communications.
