IPNews-Monrovia, Liberia-3 January 2018: The Chief Executive Officer of Orange Liberia, Mr. Mamadou Coulibaly, has revealed encouraging signs in the Liberian economy, especially the Telecommunication sector.
Mr. Coulibaly, stated that over the last one year Orange invested close to twenty million United States Dollars in 2017, mostly to build sixty-five new sites and expand its 4G LTE internet network to ten new cities out of Monrovia, making it the first GSM Company to offer high speed internet services outside of Montserrado County.
He lauded the Government and people of Liberia for making Orange’s entry into the Liberian telecommunications market in 2017 a resounding success.
Continuing, Coulibaly stated that as long as the Liberian government continues to create a conducive atmosphere for business, Orange Liberia would continue to strive to design innovative new products and services while investing more in expanding its mobile, data and financial services networks.
The Marketing expert further stated that the confidence the company maintains in the potential of the Liberian Market was a driving force in its decision to continue to make significant investments in 2018.
“ Orange has set as its overall theme for 2018: “Reaching New Horizons Together,” stressing that Orange Liberia will continue to introduce new products and services that will benefit all Liberians”. He said.
Mr. Coulibaly says that the theme “Reaching new horizons together” is a clear signal that Orange Liberia will remain a key partner in Liberia’s progress and development by providing a plethora of new innovations that will give customers the freedom to do what they want.
“In 2018, we will announce several new products and services, which we believe will truly transform the Liberian telecommunications market. We will notably focus on developing our Orange Money”. The CEO revealed.
Speaking further, Orange CEO stated that the cooperation of Liberian authorities since its inception had been essential to the growth of the Orange Group. Adding the decision to enter the Liberian market and to invest millions of dollars into the Liberian economy was a sober decision.
Mamadou Coulibaly: “ I can tell you today, that the continuous growth in the sector has blossomed Orange confidence to make major investments in the Liberian telecommunications industry”.
Coulibaly explained that in 2017, significant part of Orange investment went towards the development of a powerful Orange Money platform, which is already deployed in 16 African countries that will transform the Liberian commerce sector in the near future and create jobs.
“Since the successful launching of this platform in Liberia in May 2017, Orange has introduced a remarkable array of new services such as My Clique, My Digital Pack, SOS data and various Orange Money services”. Mamadou Coulibaly revealed.
He further stated that Orange lunched in 2017, a new device range platform which enables it to supply workable smartphones to the Liberian Telecommunication industry.
Mamadou Coulibaly : “ Orange also launched an unprecedented range of new devices such as the $25 Mobiwire Halona, the Orange Rise 32, the Tecno Phantom 8 or the 4G tablet Tecno DroidPad 7D to bring a smartphone for everyone in the country. These new services and products have saved Liberians thousands of dollars while challenging the entire Liberian telecommunications industry to do more”.
He marvel at the various services of Orange since its inception-adding that the company led a major transformation in the Liberian telecommunications sector by releasing new packages that enable customers saved money which forced its “competitor” to do the same, thus leading to better quality and affordability across the country.
It can be recalled , Orange Liberia announced its Infinity pack which introduced a flat rate, all-inclusive package for the first time in the Liberian telecommunications market. For less than a dollar a day, the package gives subscribers unlimited on-net calls and SMS, unlimited calls to other networks, unlimited calls to the USA and Canada and unlimited data.
