Liberia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Jan. 25, 2010 - 27 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

2. Key statistics

2.1 Country overview

3. Telecommunications market

3.1 Overview of Liberia’s telecom market

4. Regulatory environment

4.1 Regulatory background

4.2 West African common regulatory framework 2005

4.3 Liberia Telecommunications Act of 2007

4.4 Regulatory authority

4.4.1 Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA)

4.5 New ICT Policy and ICT Bill 2009

4.6 Future regulatory direction

5. Fixed-line operators in Liberia

5.1 Liberia Telecommunication Corporation (LTC, Libtelco)

5.1.1 Privatisation

5.1.2 National telecom network

5.1.3 Fixed-line statistics

5.1.4 Wireless local loop (WLL), CDMA2000 1x

5.2 West Africa Telecom (WAT)

6. International infrastructure

6.1 Overview

6.2 New submarine fibre optic cables

7. Internet market

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Internet statistics

7.2 ISP market

7.2.1 Atlantic Wireless (LiberCell)

7.2.2 icom.net (Comium)

7.2.3 Cellcom

7.2.4 WAT

7.3 Internet banking

8. Broadband market

8.1 Overview

9. Mobile communications

9.1 Overview of Liberia’s mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.2 Regulatory issues

9.2.1 Licence reform

9.2.2 The Comium-Liberia Act

9.2.3 GSM spectrum reallocation

9.2.4 Interconnection

9.3 Major mobile operators

9.3.1 MTN Liberia (LoneStar)

9.3.2 Cellcom

9.3.3 Comium

9.3.4 LiberCell

9.4 Additional licences

9.5 Mobile data services

9.6 Mobile content and applications

9.6.1 Agricultural Market Information and Linkage System (AMILS)

10. Related reports

List of tables and Exhibits

Table 1 - Country statistics Liberia - 2010

Table 2 - Fixed-line network statistics - 2009

Table 3 - Internet user statistics - 2009

Table 4 - Mobile statistics - 2009

Table 5 - National telecommunications authority

Table 6 - Fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 1999 - 2009

Table 7 - Internet users and penetration rate - 1999 - 2010

Table 8 - icom.net wireless Internet pricing - January 2010

Table 9 - WAT wireless Internet pricing - January 2010

Table 10 - Mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration rate - 2001 - 2010

Table 11 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - March 2009

Table 12 - LoneStar/MTN Liberia subscribers and market share - 2003 - 2009

Table 13 - MTN Liberia (LoneStar) ARPU - 2003 - 2009

Exhibit 1 - Map of Liberia

Exhibit 2 - West African common regulatory framework

Exhibit 3 - New international submarine fibre optic cables in West Africa - 2009 - 2011

Abstract

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