MAROC_TELECOM_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

DESCRIPTION OF THE GROUP, BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, LEGAL AND ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS

Description of the Group

Embracing humanitarian causes Because it is important to promote solidarity for inclusive, fair and sustainable development, Maroc Telecom is engaged with a number of national foundations and associations that perform humanitarian actions to benefit those who are sick or economically disadvantages, including theMohammedbV Foundation for Solidarity, the Lalla Salma Foundation, the prevention and treatment of cancer, the Heure Joyeuse Association,betc. The Company also supports children’s charities and organizations, such as the Moroccan Down Syndrome Association, the Lalla Asmaa Foundation for Deaf Children, and the National Institute for Children’s Rights. Supporting culture and sports Maroc Telecom promotes art and culture in all their diversity, which are elements vital to individual and collective human development. Every year since 2002, Maroc Telecom has held its summer beach festival in the major cities along Morocco’s coast. The free beach festival attracts several million visitors each year. With over 140 concerts and shows, the 2017 beach festival drew over 5 million revelers, featuring some of the biggest names in the Moroccan and Arabic music scene as well as local artists. Everybyear, Maroc Telecompartners with the largest andmost famous festivals in the Kingdom, which highlight the Moroccan artistic heritage and welcome the greatest national and international artists. It has also been a patron of the Théâtre National Mohammed V de Rabat since 2002 and has been instrumental in publishing various books on Moroccan history and culture. Maroc Telecom continues to enhance its offers with a priority on art and entertainment. In 2017, the Group introduced a new on-demand content service calledDIGSTER, which offers users a wide and diverse range of music, on top of its first music streaming service Anghami and its two video on-demand services ICFLIX and Starz Play. TheMaroc Telecom auditorium, with a capacity of 600, was designed to be modular and flexible so that it could host a wide variety of events, including conferences, concerts, shows and film screenings. By opening it to the public, Maroc Telecom underscores its commitment to fostering cultural diversity and universal shared access to culture. By opening it to the public, Maroc Telecom underscores its commitment to fostering cultural diversity and universal shared access to culture. Since its inauguration in Juneb2013, the auditorium has already hosted numerous events. At the Maroc Telecom Museum, knowledge is transferred to young people through learning and games. Open to the public and with free admission, it arranges regular guided tours and activities for children who account for over 70%of its visitors.The aim is to explain the history of telecommunications. Forbyears Maroc Telecom has supported Moroccan sport, which are emblematic of national values and a means of boosting the country’s economy. It has formed long-term partnerships with the Royal Moroccan Soccer Federation and the Royal MoroccanAthletics

Federation, as their official sponsor since 2000 and 1999 respectively. Maroc Telecom also supports other disciplines, such as equestrian sports, golf, and tennis. Environmental protection Maroc Telecom’s environmental policy is based on several commitments both to reduce the environmental impact of the Company’s activities and to mobilize, alongside civil society, to meet great environmental challenges. In 2017,Maroc Telecomcontinued efforts to reduce the consumption of electricity and raw materials, for example by using renewable energy, switching to energy-saving technology (Single RAN), and encouraging electronic top-ups. After identifying and classifying all the waste resulting from its operations, Maroc Telecom is implementing themeasures necessary to recycle each type of waste in accordance with the regulations in force and good practices in the sector. Maroc Telecom is involved in the Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Program, run by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, and is continuing its work for the Clean Beaches program, set up by the same Foundation. The firm also helped build the Foundation’s Centre de Sensibilisation à la Protection de l’Environnement (an environmental awareness center) in Bouknadel. The Maroc Telecom Tower was designed to reduce energy consumption and optimize water use: – low energy consumption, through centralized management of blinds, air conditioning, lighting,betc., with a double-skinned façade, motion detectors and windows that reduce the need for artificial lighting; – optimal water management due to rainwater harvesting for outdoor irrigation, timed faucets with infrared sensors, filtering of gray water,betc. To preserve the beauty of the natural landscape, Maroc Telecom uses mobile phone masts that are appropriate to the surrounding environment (for example, masts that resemble a palm or pine tree). It also uses equipment, materials and other techniques (painting, disguising antenna to look like palm fronds, concealed base transceiver stations) to make its mobile sites as unobtrusive as possible. Finally, the environmental awareness of Maroc Telecom employees is increased through training related to sustainable development. GSM and health: strict adherence with standards Maroc Telecom keeps close watch over health issues related to Mobile telephony and engages in constructive dialogue with local residents and customers who want to be better informed. In addition to tests carried out by the regulator, Maroc Telecom conducts its own annual surveys to measure the intensity of electromagnetic waves near relay masts. In 2017, measurements were carried out at almost 460 sites.The results showed that all sites met international standards.

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