TELECOM.RESTRUCTURIN

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The Telecommunications Sector Restructuring Project, the second operation in Morocco's telecommunications sector, supports: (i) the preparation of the necessary ground work to permit liberalization of the sector's activities, including the enhancement of the sector's institutional capacity; and (ii) the further expansion of the telecommunications network. It will include, first, technical assistance, training and studies designed to strengthen the Government's institutional capabilities in respect of its regulatory function; and second, a time slice of the National Post and Telecommunications Authority's multi-year investment program initiated in 1987 with the support of the Bank. Physical components of the project include new switching lines and related local networks and subscriber connections, microwave and optical fiber transmission routes, equipment to expand existing international switching gateways, trunk dialling of rural communities, and a national radio frequency control center.