The new Vice President for the West and Central Africa region, Ebenezer T. Asante, arrived in Monrovia on Monday, January 25, 2021, to meet with senior officials of the Liberian Government. Mr. Asante is in the country for a one-day working visit that forms part of a nine-country regional tour. While in Liberia, the new...
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has launched a SIM card registration exercise to be completed by February 2021. Officials have described the exercise as the beginning of a difficult process towards regulation, but a milestone for the country. The Authority has signed an agreement with the National Identity Registry (NIR) and the country’s two mobile...
The management and running of the day to day operations of Orange Liberia is now in the hands of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Jean Marius Yao. The announcement of the change in leadership was made formally yesterday at a formal outdoor ceremony held at the company’s headquarters on Capital Bypass. Mr. Yao...
SIM cards owners in Liberia will now have to obtain a National Identification Card or stand the risk of being temporarily blocked by GSM operators on the orders of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA). On Friday, the Liberia telecommunication Authority (LTA), the National Identification Registry (NIR) and the two Telephone operators (Lone-Star MTN &Orange Liberia)...
The Daily Observer newspaper reports that the Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA) has slapped fines of more than USD4 million on domestic GSM operators Orange Liberia and Lonestar Cell-MTN, seeking restitution for gains made by the implementation of its Floor Price order. The order follows the cellcos’ application of what are deemed ‘invalid’ surcharges as part of the...
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has granted a third mobile operating licence to government operator Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (Libtelco) to provide voice and mobile internet services to the public. The licensing of the third operator is expected to heighten competition in mobile phone services in a market that has been dominated by two foreign operators,...
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority has announced that it has issued license to Libtelco, the government’s telecommunications company, to henceforth operate like any other Mobile Network Operator in the country. This means, Libtelco which has been focused recently on the distribution of fiber optic internet service to homes, schools and offices, can now join the competition...
MTN Group has appointed Rahul De, the current Chief Marketing Officer of MTN Nigeria, as the new CEO for MTN Liberia Lonestar Cell. De replaces Uche Ofodile who departed Lonestar Cell MTN in July to become the CEO of MTN Benin. According to MTN, De has 23 years of experience in the telco space, ranging...
Lonestar Cell MTN has partnered with Sendwave to enable customers to receive international remittances from the US straight into their Mobile Money accounts. MTN believes that using MoMo for international remittances and daily financial transactions makes life easier, safer and more convenient. “We are excited and very proud to be at the forefront of innovative...
As part of its planned and targeted rural network expansion in partnership with African Mobile Networks (AMN), Liberian mobile network operator (MNO) Lonestar Cell-MTN says it has now connected over 150 communities to its network, activating new cell sites in ten counties, namely: Grand Cape Mount, Nimba, Bong, Gbarpolu, Maryland, River Gee, Sinoe, Lofa, Grand Gedeh...
