2 .1.2 National Budget
a.
Coordinate with related government agencies and stakeholders on national budget issues.
b.
Support the national budget based on one-time license fees, government applicable taxes,
frequency usage and maintenance fees; contributions to universal access funds; dividends from
the national operator; and revenue from access charges.
c.
The MP&T shall advise the GoL through annual budget consultations on the financial value of the
sector and expected financial contributions to the national budget.
2.1.3
Networks Deployment and Accessibility
a.
Encourage private sector involvement in the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure
and ICT networks in county headquarters and all major cities of the fifteen counties with social,
economic, commercial and financial activities by 2013.
b.
Provide universal access and universal service to rural communities with a minimum of five
hundred (500) inhabitants by 2013.
c.
Create a Universal Access Program Governing Board with oversight responsibility for the
Universal Access Program.
2.1.4
Career Employment and Capacity Building
a.
Provide professional employment and career path for at least five thousand (5,000) Liberians in
the telecommunications and ICT sector by 2013.
b.
Introduce compulsory ICT curriculum in high schools and vocational institutions.
c.
Introduce telecommunications and ICT curriculum in universities, colleges and post high schools.
d.
Develop a national plan to revolutionize our educational systems by providing for every student
and instructor to use computers as the primary communications tool.
e.
Invest in educational and human resource development.
f.
Promote job training and career opportunities in the telecommunications and ICT sector.
g.
Represent the government and head any delegation at local and international conferences,
meetings, forums and seminars relating to telecommunications and ICT policy.
2.2
LIBERIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY (LTA)
The LTA shall have primary responsibility for regulating and implementing the government’s policies for
the sector. The Act establishes a regulatory framework based on international best practices in the region.
The Act validates the on-going sector reform and mandates the LTA to standardize the existing licensing
regime for service providers as well as harmonize spectrum allocations with international trends and
effectively manage frequency assignments and related processes. The policy supports the LTA’s
objectives to:
a.
Develop Regulations, Orders and Rules that will govern the sector and
implement national telecommunication policy.
b.
Standardize the nation’s frequencies and
spectrum bands and ensure that our national spectrum usage is in harmony with neighboring
countries and in keeping with ITU regulations.
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