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*All rates reflect prices as of Feb 2006.
Cell Phone
Q: What types of cell phones operate in Liberia?
A:GSM phones such as Nokia, Motorola work with any SIM card. The SIM card from Lonestar costs $5.00, Comium SIM card sells for $3.00, Libercell SIM card are usually $10.00 and Cellcom SIM cards sell between $3.00-$5.00.
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Q: Which cell companies operate in Liberia?
A:The major companies in the cell phone business are Libercell, Lonestar, Comium and Cellcom.
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An Internet Cafe in Monrovia.
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Q: What areas have cell access?
A: Among the major cell companies, only two operate out of Monrovia. Libercell and Lonestar have services in Bong, Bomi, Lofa, Grand Gedeh, Nimba and Maryland counties.
Q: What is the rate for an international call, local, carrier-to-carrier (C-to-C)?
A: Rates vary among the companies as seen below:
| Provider |
Local |
C-to-C |
International |
| Lonestar |
12¢/min (day),8¢/min (night) |
16¢/min |
32¢/min |
| Celcom |
10-15¢/min |
17¢/min |
44¢/min |
| Comium |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Libercell |
10¢/min |
15¢/min |
35¢/min |
Q: What is the price of a basic cellular phone?
A: A phone with basic text messaging capabilities costs about $40USD. This phone is used mostly by Cellcom subscribers. Phones such as Nokia 3310, sells for about $65USD and Motorola phones with camera feature can be purchased for up to $700, the same amount as PDAs.
Radio
Q: What radio stations are in Liberia and what type of programming does each provide?
A: Radio programs include news, interviews and musical entertainment as well as advertisement. Several of the stations providing these services are Sky Radio on FM 107, Veritas Radio or FM 97.8, Crystal (95.5 FM), ELWA (94.5 FM), Power on FM 93.9, among others. Advertising rates average around $30 to create and $30 to air during news broadcast, which is about five times a day.
Newspaper
Q: What are the main newspapers in Liberia and what are their advertising rates?
A: Two major newspapers read daily in Liberia are The Daily Observer and The Analyst. The former distributes about 1,500 copies on a daily basis where the latter circulates about 1,300 copies daily. Ad rates are slightly higher in the Daily Observer than The Analyst as illustrated below:
Television
Q: What TV stations are available in Liberia, what do they operate and what programs do they broadcast?
A: Television broadcast usually air between the hours of 10am-12am daily. Programs include cartoons, movies, advertising, news, interviews, sports (local and championship football games). The major stations are Clar TV which airs on Channel 5, Ducor TV on Channel 11, Power TV, Channel 9, and Real TV which broadcasts on Channel 3.
Satellite
Q: How can one get satellite TV and how much does it cost?
A: The prominent satellite television provider is DSTV (077.027.922). To subscribe to DSTV, a customer must register with the company and pay $180 every three months for service.
DSTV has a single and a dual package. The single-view package costs $495 including the initial $180 subscription fee. This gives the customer a dish, an LMD, a horn and a receiver with card and installation.
The dual-view package costs about $600 which includes the subscription fee and $200 thereafter every three months. This package broadcasts about 50-75 channels including SABC (South African), CNN, ESPN, Animal Planet, and National Geographic.
Internet Cafe
Q: How can I get Internet access and at what price?
A: With the information highway going global, internet access is a vital service for the emerging economy of Liberia. Internet cafes are sprouting all over the city of Monrovia with costly usage fees. A half-hour internet access can be as high as $50LD and twice as much for a full hour. Printing and facsimile services are also expensive; a single faxed page is $75LD and printouts about $15LD.
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