The Cable Consortium of Liberia (CCL) is a public-private partnership formed in 2010 to own and operate Liberia's

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for the ACE cable system. Stakeholders in the project include the

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(60%), Libtelco (20%), Lonestar Cell (10%), and Cellcom (10%). 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

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provided an initial US$5 million grant to finance half of the Government of Liberia's stake in the project. 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. The cable landed in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...

on 3 November 2011, with the terminal station expected to be completed by December 2011. However, the cable will not become operational until the entire ACE system is completed, projected for Q2 2012. Once completed, maintenance of the .lr

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for Liberia, currently maintained in the

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, is expected to be relocated to Liberia.

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Telecommunications companies of Liberia Public–private partnership Companies based in Monrovia Telecommunications companies established in 2010

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