Telecommunications Services Decline In The Prices?

Prices of telecommunications services continue to decline for the second quarter of 2012, announced Thursday the National Agency of Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Morocco in a statement.

For mobile, Average revenue per minute (ARPM) rose 0.78 DH duty per minute (VAT / min) at end-June 2011 to 0.62 DH / min at the end of June 2012, marking a decrease 21%, while the average use per customer outgoing mobile has appreciated 16% to 67 min per customer per month.

Prepaid still predominates with a share of 95.35% as against 4, 65% for postpaid, the source added.

As for fixed his ARPM rose 0.94 DH / min at the end of June 2011 to 0.84 DH / min at the end of June 2012, a decrease of 11% indicates ANRT adding that the average bill the Internet has decreased by 28%, from 75 DH per month per client at end June 2011 to 54 DH end of June 2012.

For 3G internet, this bill has increased from 54 DH per month per client at end-June 2011 to 37 DH per month per customer at the end of June 2012, marking a decrease of 31%. For ADSL, it went from 132 DH per month per client at end-June 2011 to 125 DH per month per customer at the end of June 2012, a decrease of 5%.

The park of mobile subscribers has returned to growth after the slight decline seen in March. This park has reached 37,422,105 at the end of June 2012, changing by 3.27% compared to the first quarter and 7% compared to the same period of 2011. The penetration rate at the end of second quarter 2012 is 115.07% 112.59% against the end of March.

The global fleet of fixed telephony subscribers reached 3. 444,546 registering a quarterly decline of 2.5% and annual 5, 53%. The penetration rate recorded at the end of this quarter was 10.59%.

3G Internet subscribers (83.22% of total park internet) reported a quarterly growth rate of 10.46% and 72.20% annually, while ADSL subscribers with at least a rate of 4 Mbits / s accounted for almost 99% of internet subscribers at the end of June 2012.