Telecommunication
Infrastructure | Informatics | ICT Training and Development | Broadcasting/Media
Telecommunication Infrastructure
The Liberia
Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) is the country's only licensed telephony
provider and a public corporation responsible to the Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications. As there is no independent regulatory authority, the
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is in charge of the regulation of the
telecommunications sector.
Teledensity:
- Total: 0.23
(1999)
- Largest cities:
na
- Rest of the country:
na
Digital main lines: 29.0%
(1999)
Waiting list for a telephone
line:
- Total: 2,400 (1999)
- Average waiting time:
3.4 (1999)
- Total demand (k):
9.0 (1999)
- Satified demand (%):
73.5 (1999)
Telephone Tariffs: na
Public telephones: na
Public telephones per 1000
inhabitants: na
Mobile cellular subscribers:
na
Omega Communications Inc. was planning to introduce GSM
cellular network by March 1999.
Cellular subscribers as a % of
total telephone subscribers: na
Mobile cellular tariff: na
Telecommunications revenue (M
US$): 7.7 (1999)
Telecommunications investment (M
US$): 3.3 (1999)
Telecommunications investments
as a % of revenue: 43.4 (1999)
Telecom equipment exports
(M US$): na
Telecom equipment imports
(M US$): na
Telecentres: na
Facsimiles: na
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Informatics
Computer
per 100 inhabitants: na
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ICT
Training and Development
Seven years of civil war (1990 -
1997) had a devastating impact on the Liberian education system as most of the schools,
including the main two university colleges, Cuttington University and University of
Liberia, had been heavily damaged. Efforts are currently being made through donor
assistance to rebuild the entire educational infrastructure.
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Broadcasting/Media
- Liberian Broadcasting
System (LBS) was founded in January 1960 as a state-operated agency responsible radio
and television broadcasting. By 1980, LBS was expanded to include a rural
broadcasting component through which three regional radio stations were established
focusing on community development, family planning, agriculture, sanitation, and others.
In a press conference at the Africa
Telecom 98 trade show, WorldSpace Corporation and the Liberian Broadcasting System (LBS)
announced the signing of an agreement to use the WorldSpace satellite digital audio system
to broadcast LBS programming throughout the African continent.
Local Radio Broadcasters:
Radio Agatashya
Shortwave Broadcasters:
LCN -
Liberia Communication Network: On 5100 and 6100 SW, broadcasting news,
information, education and entertainment in English, French, and other African languages,
based in Monrovia.
- Star Radio: On 3400 / 5880 SW, an independent radio station based in Monrovia and
run by the Foundation Hirondelle. Only broadcasting on one local FM frequency in Monrovia.
Radios per
100 inhabitants: na
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: 2.8 (1999)
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes/antennas: 200 (1999)
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