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Morocco to launch 4G mobile license tenders by the end 2013
Rabat (Reuters) - Morocco plans to launch tenders for 4G mobile phone licenses by the end of the year, the Telecommunications Regulatory National Agency (ANRT) said on Tuesday in a statement carried by state news agency MAP. Morocco wants to be one of the first African countries to get the fourth generation (4G) telecom services, the statement said. "We will launch the tenders to award 4G ...(5/22/2013 2:57:06 AM)
Subsidy reform dispute imperils Morocco's ruling coalition
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's junior government party is threatening to quit the coalition unless Islamist prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane moderates plans for sweeping cuts to subsidies on food and energy. Increased subsidies have been part of Morocco's strategy to prevent popular discontent welling up into an uprising of the kind that has toppled rulers across north Africa ...(5/20/2013 8:23:00 AM)
U.A.E. Banks to Morocco Return to Bond Market as Yields Drop
Two United Arab Emirates banks raised $1.3 billion from bonds sales and Morocco plans to boost the size of its existing dollar-denominated notes as Middle East issuers take advantage of falling borrowing costs.(5/22/2013 8:50:08 AM)
In Morocco, TV Is Part of Power Game
The Royal Palace retains control over networks as it has for years, but the government seeks change, plummeting the industry into crisis.(5/22/2013 7:36:55 PM)
Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014.(5/18/2013 7:19:50 AM)
Morocco denies 'torturing' Sahrawi protesters
Morocco denied on Saturday accusations by Amnesty International that security forces tortured six men who were arrested after a demonstration calling for the independence of Western Sahara.(5/18/2013 2:11:30 PM)
2 Moroccans tried for homosexuality get 4 months
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.(5/21/2013 1:55:56 PM)
Morocco inflation rises to 2.4 pct in April
Rabat (Reuters) - Morocco's annual consumer price inflation rose to 2.4 percent in April from 2.2 percent in March, pushed up by climbing food prices, the high planning authority said on Monday. Food prices rose 3 pct from a year earlier, while education costs fell 8.8 percent, the statement added without elaborating. On monthly basis, consumer price inflation was flat as food prices fell 0.1 ...(5/20/2013 5:12:48 AM)
Research and Markets: Morocco Exploration and Production (Upstream) Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Morocco Exploration and Production Market Analysis an(5/14/2013 6:29:00 AM)
Morocco: Foiled terror cells sought mountain base
Morocco says two terror cells that it has dismantled planned to build a base in a mountainous zone complete with a school to inculcate children with jihadist principles.(5/9/2013 12:56:44 PM)
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