Communications in Sri Lanka
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Telephones - main lines in use: 1,094,809 Est(2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 950,120 Est
Telephone system:
very inadequate domestic service, particularly in rural areas; some hope for improvement with privatization of national telephone company and encouragement to private investment; good international service (1999)
domestic:
national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave radio relay; fiber-optic links now in use in Colombo area and two fixed wireless local loops have been installed; competition is strong in mobile cellular systems; telephone density remains low at 2.6 main lines per 100 persons (1999)
international:
submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (1999)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 50, shortwave 5
Radios: Est Number of Radio sets: 12 million
Television broadcast stations: 21 (1997)
Televisions: Est Number of Television sets: 5 million(including B & W sets)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10 Broadband was recently introduced by two telecom service providers.
Country code (Top-level domain): LK
Satellite Earth Station located at Padukka.
- See also : Sri Lanka
External link
- Gunaratne, Shelton (1996). Sri Lanka and the Third Communication Revolution (http://www.mnstate.edu/gunarat/sls.html)