Communications in Sri Lanka
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Telephone [edit]
Landlines in use: 3,449,391 Est (December, 2012)
Mobile Phones in use: 20,324,070 Est (December, 2012)
Telephone Network [edit]
Excellent domestic service in urban and semi urban areas inadequate service, in rural and remote areas (2009), good international service (2009). The latest trend is the CDMA technology, because of this technology many Sri Lankans who live in rural and remote areas can now access a good telephone service.
Domestic [edit]
The national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave radio relay, fiber-optic links are now in use in the Colombo area and two fixed wireless local loops have been installed. Competition is strong in mobile cellular systems but the teledensity rate remains as low as 19.5 telephone lines per 100 persons (2009).
Although the reported telephone line teledensity is 16.6 (2004) landline teledensity remains as low as 5.1, where cellular teledensity is 15.5. Reflected Cellular phone teledensity is misleading because some people have more than one phone. Therefore true teledensity remains at a very low figure.
International [edit]
Two submarine cables to India and Maldives, two Satellite earth stations - Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2009)
Broadband Internet access [edit]
Fixed Broadband Service Providers [edit]
| Brand | Operator | Technology | Maximum Speed (DL) | Maximum Speed (UL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dialog | Dialog Broadband Networks (Pvt) Ltd | WiMAX, TD-LTE | 4 M/bits | 1 M/bits |
| Lanka Bell | Lanka Bell Ltd | WiMAX | 4 M/bits | 1 M/bits |
| SLT | Sri Lanka Telecom PLC | ADSL2+ | 16 M/bits | 1 M/bits |
Mobile Broadband Service Providers [edit]
| Brand | Operator | Technology | Maximum Speed (DL) | Maximum Speed (UL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dialog | Dialog Axiata PLC | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+, FD-LTE | 100 M/bits | 50 M/bits |
| Mobitel | Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, DC-HSPA+ | 42 M/bits | 5.76 M/bits |
| Etisalat | Etisalat Lanka (Pvt) Ltd | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, DC-HSPA+ | 42 M/bits | 5.76 M/bits |
| Airtel | Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA | 7.2 M/bits | 5.76 M/bits |
| Hutch | Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt) Ltd | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA | 7.2 M/bits | 5.76 M/bits |
Other Communication [edit]
Postal Service: Sri Lanka Post
Radio broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 50, shortwave 5
Radio: Est Number of Radio sets: 12 million
Television broadcast stations: 19 (2009)
Televisions: Est 5 million( including B & W sets)
Satellite Earth Stations located: Padukka and Colombo and review
Internet Service Providers: 09
Country code / Top-level domain: LK
There are latest connection introduced by SLT up to 16 Mbps recently
Telcommunications Regulatory Environment in Sri Lanka [edit]
LIRNEasia's Telecommunications Regulatory Environment (TRE) index, which summarizes stakeholders’ perception on certain TRE dimensions, provides insight into how conducive the environment is for further development and progress. The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines. The tool measured seven dimensions: i) market entry; ii) access to scarce resources; iii) interconnection; iv) tariff regulation; v) anti-competitive practices; and vi) universal services; vii) quality of service, for the fixed, mobile and broadband sectors.
In Sri Lanka, the mobile sector receives higher scores than the fixed sector for all dimensions excepting interconnection. The broadband sector lags behind both the fixed and mobile sectors in all but one of the parameters (regulation of anti-competitive practices). What also emerges in the results illustrated above is that all the sectors – other than mobile sector USOs – fall below the 5.00 average performance level.
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