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  • Décision ANRT/DG/08/02 (6 February 2003): "Les Conditions Techniques D'Utilisation des Installations Radioelectriques Composées d'Appareils de Faible Puissance et de Faible Portée," [The Technical Conditions for Using Radioelectric Installations Composed of Low-power Short-range Devices] in French and Arabic - includes a table showing the allocated bands.
  • Décision ANRT/DG/N°07/03 (25 December 2003, in French): radio LANs can use the ISM bands and 5150-5250 MHz indoors without a license. This was amended by ANRT Decision N°08/04 (29 July 2004) which specified 20 locations where the "free use" of RLANs was not permitted in the 2.4 GHz band, including the cities of Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat and Fès. But that Decision has now disappeared from the ANRT website, implying that it is no longer in force.
  • "La bande 2400 - 2483,5 MHz est attribuée à l'utilisation et l'exploitation libre des installations radioélecriques composées exclusivement d'appareils de faible portée et de faible puissance, et ce conformément aux décisions pertinentes du Directeur G&ecute;néral de l'ANRT..." [The 2400-2843.5 MHz band is allocated to free use and exploitation by portable and low-power devices conforming to ANRT decisions.] Footnote MRC34 of Morocco's National Frequency Plan, adopted in 2004.
  • "Thales to supply Morocco with the world's first national-scale secure ID solution based on contactless smart cards," Thales press release, 27 September 2005: "The Kingdom of Morocco's national security service (DGSN - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Nationale) has awarded Thales a [124 million euros] contract to supply a complete system to produce and personalise national identity cards... Thales has selected the best physical security technologies available, including graphic personalisation from Agfa [embedded with a small antenna RFID module] and contactless chips..."
  • Rapport d'Activité Année universitaire 2002-2003, Institut National des Postes et Télécommunications (62 pages in French).

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