Monrovia — In the wake of the ongoing row between the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) and GSM service providers in Liberia over GSM license standardization, the Senate Committee on Posts and Telecommunications and Information has endorsed the regulatory decisions of the LTA, including the new licensing and frequency authorization regulations which the LTA published recently.

At a public inquiry at the Capitol Building on Thursday involving all five commissioners of the LTA, the Senate committee on Posts and Telecommunications and Information headed by Grand Bassa County Senior Senator Gbezongar Finley, urged the LTA to use the Telecom Law to take appropriate decisions and actions that will reform the jumbled Liberia telecommunications landscape in the interest of the government and people of Liberia.

According to a release, the Senate committee advised the LTA to adapt a robust posture in ensuring compliance to its regulations in the face of resistance from GSM service providers.

Earlier, LTA Chairman Albert Bropleh outlined the obstacles being put in the way of the Regulator, including failure by the GSM companies to timely comply with regulations of the LTA.

Chairman Bropleh however stressed that the LTA board of commissioners was resolved to implementing fully the Telecom Law and reap benefits within the sector for the betterment of the Liberian Government and people.