Monrovia, Oct. 5 -- In a landmarkruling last month, theSupreme Court of Liberia dealt a major blow toOrange Liberia, declaring in a judgment that the sector's regulator, the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) did not usurp the function of the Legislature when it published the imposition of surcharges on each minute of voice call and on each megabyte of internet data.

One month later however, Orange appears to be balking on implementing the court's ruling.

This week, the cellular giant sent out notices that it will increase data and voice bundles on Oct 5, as a result of surcharge imposed by LTA, which after series of court challenges the Supreme Court has ruled constitutional.

The message read: "Orange Liberia informs all its cus...