All phone numbers in
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
are 9 digits in length (excluding the leading 0).
Morocco uses a closed numbering plan, i.e. the prefix is not omitted for local calls. This is necessary because the same geographic area can be served by several prefixes. Casablanca, for instance, has 10 prefixes.
Fixed and mobile prefixes belong exclusively to one phone company. On the following list, fixed networks are indicated by the following letters:
I =
Maroc Telecom
Maroc Telecom (IAM, ) is the main telecommunications company in Morocco. Currently employing around 11,178 employees, it is the largest telecommunications network in the country with 8 regional delegations and 220 offices present across Morocco. ...
(fixed), O =
Orange Maroc
Orange Maroc (or previously Meditel) is one of three major licensed telecommunications operators in Morocco. The multi-service operator offers mobile, fixed-line, cybersecurity and mobile payment offerings.
Created in 1999, it is the second op ...
(NGN), W =
INWI
Inwi () (formerly known as Wana) is a telecommunications company in Morocco. One of the three major Internet service providers in the country, it is a subsidiary of the Moroccan holding Al Mada and the Kuwaiti group Zain.
With more than 380 b ...
(Maroc Connect) (fixed NGN), X = INWI (Maroc Connect) (fixed GSM(?))
List
History
1990 - Transition to 6-digit numbers
In 1990, 6-digit+212 657-480852phone numbers were introduced.
199x - Transition from 6-digit to 7-digit numbers
2000 - Transition from 7-digit to 8-digit numbers
On 2000-10-13 at 23:00 UTC, the numbering area in Morocco was split into 5 parts by adding another digit to all area codes in Morocco.
2006 - Merger of 04 into 02 and 05 into 03
Six years later (2006-03-24 23:00 UTC), part of this split was reverted in order to make room for cellular networks. The 04 numbering area was merged into 02 and 05 was merged into 03, which caused 02 to cover the South while 03 covered the North. This could be done easily because there were no conflicts.
2009 - Transition from 8-digit to 9-digit numbers
On 2009-03-07 at 02:00 UTC, phone numbers in Morocco got another additional digit. A 5 was prepended to all fixed numbers while a 6 was prepended to mobile numbers. The 08 numbers became 080 and 09 became 089.
References
External links
Liste des préfixes des opérateurs de téléphonie Mobile et Fixe au MarocOfficial Numbering Plan of Morocco (incomplete)*
Plan de numérotation - Agence National de Règlemantation des Télécommunications (French and Arabic)
ITU allocations list
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
Telecommunications in Morocco
Telephone numbers
A telephone number is the address of a telecommunication endpoint, such as a telephone, in a telephone network, such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A telephone number typically consists of a sequence of digits, but histori ...