MONROVIA – Orange Liberia had insisted that should the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) surcharge on the existing floor prices for GSM Companies voice calls and internet data be implemented, it would make its business in the country less viable and very difficult to continue operations. The surcharge is a government revenue generator from the telecommunications sector which was recently implemented to replace the 5 percent tax. Judge Dunbar’s ruling into the Writ of Prohibition filed by Orange Liberia at the lower court basically permitted the regulatory body to go on with the collection of the surcharges from the GSM Companies. But Orange Liberia took an appeal to the Supreme Court, requesting the Court to reverse the ruling. The Supreme Court also noted that the argument on economic factor is not the prerogative of the Court, rather the technical and political actors.

Source: Front Page Africa September 04, 2020 06:33 UTC