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The Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, announced, Monday in Rabat, that the fifth generation of 5G cellular technology will be launched in Morocco with a view to the organization of the African Football Cup of Nations (CAN-2025) and the 2030 World Cup.
The launch of 5G technology aims to achieve coverage of 25% of the population by 2026 and 70% by 2030, with total coverage of the cities that will host the matches of the 2030 World Cup, a specified the minister in her response to a question on “digital services in mountainous areas”, during an oral question session in the House of Representatives.
Furthermore, Ms. El Fallah Seghrouchni indicated that a total of 6,300 public administrative structures will be equipped with optical fiber by 2026, as well as 5.6 million homes by 2030.
In the same context, the minister noted that digital services are among the priorities for the development of the telecommunications sector in Morocco, emphasizing the efforts made by the various actors to develop and strengthen the sector’s infrastructure.
The government, she added, supports operators in the sector through investment agreements, specifying that the amount of investments to support national digital transformation projects exceeded 8.4 billion dirhams in 2023.
