Morocco Bans Skype

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Morocco has banned the use of Skype and other VOIP services.

Effectively, this means that Skype and other VOIP services will either not perform or will perform badly with constant disconnects.

It is believed that the move has been brought in to protect the profits of the sole telecommunications company in Morocco - Maroc telecom - which owns the infrastructure.

But Morocco is not alone in their move.

Morocco joins a rather long list of countries who are known to block Skype and other VOIP services:

Belize, Brazil, Caribbean countries, China, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, South Korea, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Vietnam and Yemen are all said to block services and / or block web content.

Why does Morocco Block Skype?

Morocco is said to be blocking Skype and other VOIP services to protect the interests of it's telecom company Maroc Telecom.

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Fly Morocco to Tunisia

Sunday, February 12, 2012

The chance to fly Morocco to Tunisia recently increased with Tunisair, the national airline of Tunisia increasing it's flight schedule.

Tunisair now flies daily from Casablanca to Tunis.

Additionally, they have added extra flights from Casablanca to Tunis on a Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

This brings the total amount of flights from Tunisair from and to Morocco to 10 flights per week.

All flights depart from Tunis, fly to Casablanca and then return to Tunis on the same day.

This could be a great opportunity to combine your Morocco adventures with a trip to Tunisia and even Libya, as Tunisair now also flies from Tunis to Benghazi Libya 4 times per week.

For those who wish to travel further,Tunisair also fly from Tunis to Istanbul daily.

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