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2008-06-24
Telecoms account for 7% of Morocco's GDP
The telecommunications sector provided 7% of Morocco's GDP in 2007 and is expected to rise to 10% by 2012, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi said on Monday (June 23rd). Speaking on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the telecoms regulation agency, El Fassi noted that the sector has created some 37,000 direct and approximately 120,000 indirect jobs.
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