Morocco (Country Code +212)

Morocco (country code +212)

Communication of 12.VII.2006:

The Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT ), Rabat, announces that on Friday 24 March 2006, at 2300 hours UTC, the number of numbering zones for fixed telephony will be reduced from four to two.

The national territory will be divided into two numbering zones, in the following manner:

• The “South” zone will be made up of those zones that fall under the “02” and “04” area codes. In the future, they will both be covered by the single area code “02”.
• The “North” zone will be made up of those zones that fall under the “03” and “05” area codes. In the future, they will both be covered by the single area code “03”.

Therefore, in order to place a call to a party in these zones, area code “02” should be used instead of area code “04”, and area code “03” instead of area code “05”. This change does not affect numbering for mobile telephony.

From Friday 24 March 2006 at 2300 hours UTC, the new numbering plan of Morocco will be as follows:

Moroccan National Telephone Numbering Plan

The Kingdom of Morocco’s current national telephone numbering plan is a closed, nine-digit plan in the following format:

CC + N(S)N, where:
CC (Country Code)  +212
N(S)N (National (Significant) Number) made up of eight digits: ABPQMCDU.

I)International incoming call

The international format is: CC (+212) + N(S)N (eight digits), where:
CC Country Code
N(S)N National (Significant) Number.

It is customary in the Kingdom of Morocco to consider that in the format +212 ABPQMCDU, the digits following a National (Significant) Number (N(S)N) are represented by the following letters:

A area code
BPQ destination code for the home exchange
MCDU thousands, hundreds, tens and units: the identity of a subscriber in a given exchange.

The number blocks for which the value of area code “A” is equal to “2”, “3”, are reserved for fixed networks.

The list of 0ABPQMCDU numbers currently allocated to the operator Itissalat Al-Maghrib for its fixed telephone network is as follows:

•Fixed telephony

The number blocks for which the value of area code “A” is equal to “1”, “6” or “7” are reserved for mobile networks.

The list of 0ABPQMCDU numbers currently allocated for mobile networks is as follows:

•Mobile telephony

II)National call

To place a local or national call to a fixed national public telecommunication network subscriber or to a mobile network subscriber, only one format need be used: 0ABPQMCDU.

III)Calls to special services

To obtain a two- or three-digit special service nationally, the dialling format is as follows:

1X –where: X 5 for the fire service and X  9 for the police

1XY –where: XY 77 for emergency calls to the gendarmerie royale.

These special services cannot be called from outside the country.

IV)International outgoing calls

To place an international call from Morocco, dial the international prefix for Morocco, namely “00”, i.e. the following format:

00 CC NDC SN, where:
CC Country Code
NDC National Destination Code (as required)
SN Subscriber Number.

V)Fixed non-geographic numbers

These numbers take the form 0ABPQMCDU, where A  8 and A  9. In the number range where A  8, a distinction is drawn between “freephone” numbers and “split-charge” numbers. The number range where A  9 is currently intended for “shared-revenue” numbers. These numbers are defined as follows:

1.Freephone numbers are for services that can be dialled free of charge by the calling party. The called party (company) pays its operator the full charge for the call.

2.In the case of “split-charge” numbers, the call costs are shared between the calling party and called party (individual or entity). The cost distribution is different according to the type of number called.

3.In the case of “shared-revenue” numbers, only the calling party pays the cost of the call. The revenue relating to the call and to the value-added service is shared between the local-loop operator, the operator having routed the call (if different) and the called party (entity) having provided the service (e.g. weather information, different kinds of reservation service, etc.).

VI)Case of GlobalStar North Africa

The number series beginning with “92 PQMCDU” (where P  from 0 to 2) has been assigned to GlobalStar North Africa for its GMPCS network.

International dialling format: +212 92 PXXXXX (where P  from 0 to 2).

Contact:

Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT)
Directions des Opérateurs
Avenue Annakhil, Centre d'Affaires
B.P. 2939
Hay Riad
RABAT
Morocco
Tel:+212 37 71 86 70 / +212 37 71 86 85
Fax:+212 37 71 84 99
E-mail: /
URL:

- Communication of 29.V.2006:

The Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT), Rabat, announces that the new fixed geographical series listed below have been brought into service by the operator Medi Telecom.

The test numbers are:+212 20 20 00 00
+212 25 10 00 00
+212 30 00 00 00
+212 32 10 00 00

Contact:

Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT)
Directions des Opérateurs
Avenue Annakhil, Centre d’Affaires
B.P. 2939
Hay Riad
RABAT
Maroc
Tel:+212 3 771 8495
Fax:+212 3 771 8499
E-mail: /
URL: