Joseph Mayton
CAIRO: A new annual report published by Morocco’s telecom regulator ANRT says the country saw telecommunication service prices drop by 34 percent between 2008 and 2011.
“Mobile service prices, including pre- and post-paid, came down by nearly 37 percent over four years, following a series of successive price cuts, notably since 2010,” the study revealed.
It also added that the country’s service users saw “perennial double and triple top-up credits from some operators, the alignment of off-net prices to on-net prices, per-second billing and lower international call tariffs.”
ANRT continued to report that fixed voice calls saw a 24 percent price drop during the reported years, “mostly due to a regular fall in international tariffs, higher top-up bonuses on capped services, and the offers of new generation fixed network operators.”
The report continued to point out that ADSL broadband prices also saw a marked decrease, of around 55 percent, and bandwidth continued to climb.
“The business broadband segment saw its prices fall by 56 percent and the business fixed voice segment by around 45 percent over the same period,” it added.
