Doha – Vodafone Business and Maroc Telecom signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Thursday to provide connectivity services and digital solutions for Moroccan companies, with the solutions for Smart City and Energy Management concentrated.
This strategic partnership strengthened Vodafone’s presence in Africa, where the group is already working in eight countries via Vodacom, supports the ambition Morocco to become a “big digital hub” by 2030.
The collaboration is gradually becoming a complete selection of business products and services, including software-defined WIDE AREA Networks (SD-WAN), private mobile networks, cloud solutions and cyber security.
“The new partnership uses the international technological infrastructure that Vodafone Business developed together with the territorial anchorage of Maroc Telecom and the deep knowledge of the local economic structure,” said a spokesman.
Customers can adapt Vodafone Business Connectivity Services and digital platforms and combine them with the local expertise of Maroc Telecom in order to meet their specific needs and meet the state’s official requirements.
The two operators will also satisfy the needs of the multinational and regional customers of Maroc Telecom in important sectors such as “Logistics, manufacturing, retail and public services” by offering a uniform portfolio of managed services that can be used quickly in various markets.
Customers receive comprehensive pre-sale and after-sales services, including billing, implementation and management.
This partnership is Morocco prepared In November in front of the African Nations Cup, run the 5G technology. According to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (Annt), the country aims to grant 25% of its population by the end of 2025 and to increase to 70% by 2030.
Maroc Telecom and Inwi in March formed Two joint ventures – Fiberco, who would like to install one million fiber optic compounds in the next two years, and Towerco, which will build 2,000 telecommunications turrets by 2028.
This investment program, which was estimated at MAD 4.4 billion (440 million US dollars), aims to optimize the costs and to accelerate national coverage through common infrastructure.
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