Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Wana (Telecommunications)
Wana (formerly Maroc Connect) (established in 1999) is the third main telecommunication company in Morocco. It was one of the early Internet service providers in Morocco. It started marketing its internet services representing the brand Wanadoo, thus the name Wana. Initially a subsidiary of France Telecom, it is now entirely held by the Moroccan conglomerate ONA.
The name comes from the former Wanadoo brand which was represented by Maroc Connect in Morocco for a few years. The internet service of Wana will start soon. To avoid the high cost of cabling and installations, and to quickly serve the commercial market, Wana has used a technology known as BLR (Boucle Local Radio, Last Mile Wireless Delivery Systems).
Wanadoo changed to Orange on 1 June 2006 to simplify branding by France Telecom: this merging of companies has created a single brand offering mobile telecommunications and internet services. This is an example of one type of telecommunication convergence.
The name comes from the former Wanadoo brand which was represented by Maroc Connect in Morocco for a few years. The internet service of Wana will start soon. To avoid the high cost of cabling and installations, and to quickly serve the commercial market, Wana has used a technology known as BLR (Boucle Local Radio, Last Mile Wireless Delivery Systems).
Wanadoo changed to Orange on 1 June 2006 to simplify branding by France Telecom: this merging of companies has created a single brand offering mobile telecommunications and internet services. This is an example of one type of telecommunication convergence.
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