News -> Morocco Dialing Plan Change

03/16/2009

Comfi has been informed that the telecommunications regulatory body in Morocco has activated a dialing plan change to all Moroccan numbers, effective Saturday, March 7, 2009.

Regulatory Agency Changes

• The Moroccan regulatory agency will require all calls to mobile numbers to dial an extra number after the country code "212". Today, all Moroccan mobile numbers are 9 digits and belong to the following dial codes:

                         + 212 + 1XXXXXX                       + 212 + 7XXXXXX 
                         + 212 + 4XXXXXX                       + 212 + 8XXXXXX 
                         + 212 + 5XXXXXX                       + 212 + 9XXXXXX 
                         + 212 + 6XXXXXX

The mandate will change all Moroccan mobile numbers to 10 digits with the addition of a 6 after the country code to create the following new dial codes:

                         + 212 + 6 + 1XXXXXX                   + 212 + 6 + 7XXXXXX 
                         + 212 + 6 + 4XXXXXX                   + 212 + 6 + 8XXXXXX 
                         + 212 + 6 + 5XXXXXX                   + 212 + 6 + 9XXXXXX 
                         + 212 + 6 + 6XXXXXX

• The Moroccan regulatory agency will also require all calls to landline numbers to dial an extra number after the country code “212”. Today, all Moroccan landline numbers are 9 digits and belong to the following dial codes:

                         + 212 + 2XXXXXX                       + 212 + 3XXXXXX 

The mandate will change all Moroccan landline numbers to 10 digits with the addition of a 5 after the country code to create the following new dial codes:

                         + 212 + 5 + 2XXXXXX                   + 212 + 5 + 3XXXXXX 

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