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Inwi controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2020

    ANRT fines Maroc Telecom for anti-competitive practices

    Fine or penalty

    Morocco’s telecommunications regulator, ANRT, fined Maroc Telecom MAD 3.3 billion for unfair competition. ANRT said Maroc Telecom had engaged in conduct that prevented and delayed competitors’ access to local-loop unbundling and the landline market; the fine followed a complaint by competitor Inwi.

    Stated objective. To remedy the observed behavior and allow competition to develop in the landline and broadband sector.

    Source excerpt

    • The sanction of an unprecedented scale aims to “remedy the behavior observed and to allow the development of competition in the sector of landline and broadband.”
    • Rabat – The National Agency for Telecommunications Regulation (ANRT) has fined Morocco’s leading telecommunication company, Maroc Telecom (IAM), MAD 3.3 billion (around €312 million) for “unfair competition.”
    • The regulation agency submitted the decision on January 17, after years of investigation following a complaint submitted by IAM’s competitor Inwi in December 2016.
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  2. 2016

    Controversy over Morocco's VoIP blocking decision

    The ANRT's decision to block VoIP services prompted online protests directed at several Moroccan operators, including Inwi. Inwi withdrew from sponsorship of the Maroc Web Awards and began developing an application intended to provide VoIP services.

    Source