Measuring the Information Society 2011 Box 3.4: Inter-modal competition in Morocco By the end of 2010, Morocco had over 1.3 million dedicated mo-bile operators – Wana and Medi Telecom. Fixed-broadband prices have come down by close to 40 per cent between 2008 and 2010 (from USD 19 to 12 for the monthly subscription), and the country has increased its Internet user penetration rate from 33 to 49 per cent. Since less than 0.1 per cent of all Internet subscriptions are narrowband, Internet users in Morocco are almost exclusively broadband users. data subscriptions (using the mobile network via a modem/ dongle), compared with fewer than 500 000 fixed-broadband subscriptions. While the former incumbent telecommunication operator Maroc Telecom holds close to 100 per cent of the fixed-broadband market, it holds only 40 per cent of dedicated mobile data subscriptions, a market it shares with two other 3.5 Comparing mobile-broadband )- % ## + 6$ ( * % * ( 8, ( ( 86 % % %3 7)/ @)0, 0).>) ( $ $ ( $ ( L , $ + # % % $ , (\"(\"( ( 0)) % $ $ 3 (\"($ ## % % $ $ *# ( ( $ \" \" ) prices – high speed, limited volume -+,% % % (% 3 + ( 9 +# ( L , ( 7 ## \"0 +=$ .7 @>): \" % # $ $ ( ,% % % ( 9 $ \"86 % % ,% + ( + ( ) Chart 3.10: ICT price sub-baskets by region, 2008 and 2010 650 291 120 2008 100 2010 81 80 % of GNI per capita 60 53 51 40 33 27 25 25 22 19 17 20 15 9 7 7 6 5 5 4 6 5 5 4 11 2 2 21 11 4 4 3 3 0 Fixed Mobile Fixed Mobile Fixed Mobile Fixed Mobile Fixed Mobile Fixed Mobile Broadband Broadband Broadband Broadband Broadband Broadband Europe CIS Americas Asia & Pacific Arab States Africa Source: ITU. 77