The Universal Access Fund (UAF), at the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, under its Rural Telephony Program (RTP) has decided to upgrade its existing 2G mobile network to 4G in response to rising demands for internet to ease difficulties in economic activities in rural communities where there are schools and medical facilities. There are 15 base station towers and 1 teleport under the UAF Rural Telephony Program.
The UAF is a semi-autonomous unit established by the Telecommunications Act of 2007 within the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) focused on extending telecommunications to areas of Liberia where service providers have failed to establish coverage due to lack of economic incentives.
Our primary focus is on areas defined by the Universal Access Fund Regulations and the Operations Manual as unserved and underserved areas which are found mostly in the rural parts of Liberia.
The Universal Access Fund (UAF) is thus seeking proposals from capable firms /companies to conduct proof of concept in a remote location to be determined according to the scope as below in appendix 1 below.
The purpose of this Request for Proof of Concept (RFC) is to solicit “proposals and proofs” from Telecommunications and ICT firms, to conduct a fair and extensive evaluation based on criteria provided herein, and then select the candidate who best represents the direction that the Universal Access Fund (UAF) wishes to go.
