Orange has announced the launch of the Orange brand in Morocco, where it replaces the Meditel brand from 08 December. With 14.2 million customers at the end of September, Orange’s Moroccan subsidiary brings together the second largest number of customers within the Group’s Middle East and African footprint, after Orange Egypt. It contributes close to 10 percent of revenues in this region.
Formed in 1999, Meditel's network has grown to more than 5,400 km of optical fibre and more than 4,000 radio sites throughout the country. Meditel’s 2G and 3G networks provide coverage for 99 percent of the population, and the company launched a 4G service in June 2015, which now reaches 42 percent of the population.
Orange is present in 29 countries across the globe, including 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East. It became the largest shareholder in Meditel in 2015, when it increased its stake to 49 percent from the 40 percent stake held since 2010.
