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Maroc Telecom tops 78 million customers

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Maroc Telecom tops 78 million customers

Maroc Telecom had more than 78 million customers at the end of September 2026, up 2.4% year on year, driven mainly by its international operations. Ivory Coast was its leading mobile market with 13.195 million subscribers, ahead of Burkina Faso and Chad, according to group figures reported by Infomediaire.

Maroc Telecom, the Moroccan telecommunications operator, had more than 78 million customers at the end of September 2026, a 2.4% increase year on year, reports Infomediaire. The growth was mainly driven by its international subsidiaries, whose customer numbers rose by 4.5% over 12 months.

In Morocco, the group had nearly 18.95 million mobile customers, around 1.62 million fixed lines and more than 1.4 million broadband subscribers. Internationally, Ivory Coast was its leading mobile market with 13.195 million customers, ahead of Burkina Faso with 8.63 million and Chad with 7.815 million, according to Infomediaire.

The other mobile subsidiaries had 6.345 million customers in Mali, 4.829 million in Niger, 4.754 million in Benin, 4.516 million in Togo, 2.889 million in Mauritania, 1.642 million in Gabon and 491,000 in the Central African Republic. International fixed-line operations accounted for 321,000 subscribers, while fixed broadband outside Morocco had 392,000.

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