Editing Mass media in Liberia (section)

==Telephones==
[[File:ComiumBuildingLiberia 2006.jpg|thumb|300px|The Comium mobile phone building (2006).]]
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Liberia}}

* [[Calling code]]: +231 <ref>https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf</ref>
* [[List of international call prefixes|International call prefix]]: 00<ref>[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf ''Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))''], Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
* Main lines: 3,200 lines in use, 213th in the world (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Liberia-2014/>
* Mobile cellular: 2.4 million lines, 138th in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-Liberia-2014/> 
* Telephone system: the limited services available are found almost exclusively in the capital Monrovia; fixed-line service stagnant and extremely limited; telephone coverage extended to a number of other towns and rural areas by four mobile-cellular network operators; mobile-cellular subscription base growing and teledensity reached 50 per 100 persons (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Liberia-2014/>
* [[Communications satellite|Satellite earth stations]]: 1 [[Intelsat]] ([[Atlantic Ocean]]) (2010).<ref name=CIAWFB-Liberia-2014/> 
* [[List of international submarine communications cables|Communications cables]]: [[ACE (cable system)|Africa Coast to Europe]] (ACE) cable system, links countries along the west coast of Africa to each other and on to [[Portugal]] and [[France]].<ref>[http://www.ace-submarinecable.com/ace/default/EN/all/ace_fr/ "ACE: Africa Coast to Europe"], Orange SA. Retrieved 8 February 2014.</ref>

The [[fixed line]] infrastructure of Liberia was nearly completely destroyed during the [[First Liberian Civil War|civil wars]] (1989-1996 and 1999-2003).<ref name=reform>{{cite web | url=http://www.ppiaf.org/sites/ppiaf.org/files/publication/PPIAF-Impact-Stories-Reforming-Liberia-Telecom-Sector.pdf | title=PPIAF Supports Telecommunications Reform and Liberalization in Liberia | publisher=Public-Private Infrastructure Facility (PPIAF) | date=July 2011 | access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref>

Prior to the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 2007, the state-owned [[Liberia Telecommunications Corporation]] (LIBTELCO) held a [[legal monopoly]] for all fixed line services in Liberia, and remains the sole licensed fixed line telephone service provider in the country.<ref>[http://www.libtelco.com.lr/about%20us.html "About Us"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152700/http://www.libtelco.com.lr/about%20us.html |date=2014-02-22 }}, Liberia Telecommunications Corporation. Retrieved 7 February 2014.</ref>

Two licensed [[GSM]] cellular mobile service providers operate in the country: [[Lonestar Cell]] and CellCom. Approximately 45% of the population has cell phone service.<ref name=reform/>