14 February 2022

Liberian president, George Weah

State-run Liberia Telecommunications Corporation/ LIBTELCO will be re-branded to LTC Mobile (Liberia Telecommunications Corporation Mobile) as it prepares to launch its new GSM network.

According to local news reports, the country’s president George Weah (pictured) will made the first call on the operator’s new network on January 18.

In its communication to the public, the operator’s management has emphasised that LTC Mobile aims to complement existing providers Lonestar Cell-MTN and Orange Liberia rather than seeking to replace either of them. LIBTELCO’s remit was expanded to include GSM in August 2020, after Liberia’s House of Representatives voted to amend the Telecommunications Act of 2007.

At the time, the committee overseeing the move claimed that it would allow LIBTELCO to “provide world-class telecommunications products and services at cheaper, affordable prices for all Liberians that will enable growth of various sectors, such as education, healthcare, banking, energy and serving the masses, at large, for a sustainable economic growth of our society.”

The operator’s licence was formally issued in November 2020.