An investigation into the mysterious company poised to take over Liberia’s telecom monitoring system — and the Commissioner championing it.
On paper, Numbase, LLC presents itself as an international technology firm with the pedigree and global footprint needed to take over one of Liberia’s most sensitive pieces of critical infrastructure: the national telecommunications monitoring system. Its website advertises a headquarters in Washington, D.C., an office in London’s upscale Knightsbridge district, and a presence in Monrovia — alongside claimed offices in Cyprus, the UAE, Qatar, Malaysia, and Tunisia.
In reality, a closer look at each of those claims raises more questions than it answers — and none of them comfortably.
As the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), under Commissioner Clarence Massaquoi, advances a push to replace Telecom International Alliance (TIA) as the country’s revenue-assurance and traffic-monitoring partner, the identity and technical capability of its preferred successor is coming under increasing scrutiny. What emerges from even a preliminary review is a company whose public-facing presence appears, on the available evidence, more illusion than enterprise.
A Washington “headquarters” that isn’t
Numbase’s own website lists its U.S. address as 1906 Sunderland Place NW, Washington, DC 23006, USA. The name evokes a K Street corridor of law firms, lobbyists and consultancies.
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