The Cable Consortium of Liberia (CCL) is a public-private partnership formed in 2010 to own and operate Liberia's cable landing point for the ACE cable system. Stakeholders in the project include the Government of Liberia (60%), Libtelco (20%), Lonestar Cell (10%), and Cellcom (10%).[1]
| Formation | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Type | Public–private partnership |
| Headquarters | Monrovia |
| Location | |
Interim Chairman | B. Anthony McCritty, Sr. (Ministry of Finance) |
Key people | Angelique Weeks (Regulator) Nathaniel Kevin (Lonestar) Ben Wolo (Libtelco) Ciata Victor (Libtelco) William Saamoi (Cellcom) |
| Website | cclnetwork.weebly.com (archived) |
CCL signed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement for the ACE system on 5 June 2010. The CCL's share of the US$700 million project is $25 million. The World Bank provided an initial US$5 million grant to finance half of the Government of Liberia's stake in the project.[2] The cable will be the first fiber optic telecommunications cable to land in Liberia, which had not previously collaborated in other African cable projects due to its 14-year civil strife.[3]
The cable landed in Monrovia on 3 November 2011, with the terminal station expected to be completed by December 2011.[4] However, the cable will not become operational until the entire ACE system is completed, projected for Q2 2012. Once completed, maintenance of the .lr top-level domain for Liberia, currently maintained in the United States, is expected to be relocated to Liberia.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Liberia Launches ACE Project". New Dawn. October 3, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ Kennedy, George D. (June 18, 2010). "Liberia Signs Broadband Cable Deal". Daily Observer. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ a b "First Fiber Optic Cable System (ACE) Lands in Liberia". FrontPageAfrica. November 3, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ "Nation Enters Digital Age!". The Analyst. MENAFN. November 5, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
Further reading edit
- "Best practices for building Internet capacity in Liberia". Official google.org Blog. March 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
- Victor, Ciata (March 21, 2011). "Preparing for the ACE Fiber Optic Project in Liberia". TLC Africa. Archived from the original on March 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
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