Maroc Telecom has announced an appeal to the Court of Cassation against the confirmation on appeal of its conviction to pay 6.368 billion dirhams in damages to Inwi (Wana Corporate) for unfair competition. In its financial communication for the first half of the year, Maroc Telecom stated that the fine had been provisioned in the group's accounts by the end of June 2024. The appeal to the highest court remains the last resort for the operator. After the conviction was upheld on appeal, Inwi has had the possibility to activate enforcement procedures. Last July, the Casablanca Commercial Court of Appeal confirmed IAM's conviction to pay 6.4 billion dirhams in damages to Wana corporate (inwi) for unfair competition and monopoly of the national market. In December 2021, the plaintiff operator took legal action demanding 6.8 billion dirhams. It accused the telecommunications giant of hindering its development in the fixed telephony and internet market, with discriminatory prices or access restrictions to infrastructures. In early February 2020, the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) had already imposed a penalty of 3.3 billion dirhams on Maroc Telecom for anti-competitive practices. The regulator had pointed out the existence of accumulated practices that delayed other operators' access to unbundling and the fixed market.
