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Main lines in use: 3,145,957 Est(2008)
Mobile cellular in use: 9,253,067 Est (2008)
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). The latest trend is the CDMA technology, because of this technology many Sri Lankans who live in rural areas can now communicate with each other faster and easier than before.
Domestic
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 16.6 phone lines per 100 persons (2004).
Although the reported phone line teledensity is 16.6 (2004) fixed phone line teledensity remains as low as 5.1, where cellular teledensity is 11.4. Reflected Cellular phone teledensity is misleading because some people have more than one phone. Therefore true teledensity remains at a very low figure.
International
Submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (1999)
Broadband Internet access
ADSL was introduced in Sri Lanka in 2003 by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).
SLT Broadband Packages
Light User
| Package Name | Download Bandwidth | Usage Charge (Rs) | Total Monthly Usage (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entree | up to 2 Mbit/s | 499.00 | 2.5 |
| Web Starter | up to 4 Mbit/s | 740.00 | 5 |
| Web Pal | up to 4 Mbit/s | 990.00 | 9 |
Family
| Package Name | Download Bandwidth | Usage Charge (Rs) | Total Monthly Usage (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Family | up to 8 Mbit/s | 1,490.00 | 25 |
SME Business
| Package Name | Download Bandwidth | Usage Charge (Rs) | Total Monthly Usage (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Surfer | up to 8 Mbit/s | 2,690.00 | 35 |
| Web Pro | up to 8 Mbit/s | 4,890.00 | 60 |
Business (Heavy User)
| Package Name | Download Bandwidth | Usage Charge (Rs) | Total Monthly Usage (GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Master | up to 16 Mbit/s | 8,890.00 | 120 |
| Web Champ | up to 16 Mbit/s | 13,690.00 | 185 |
| Web Life | up to 16 Mbit/s | 19,890.00 | 300 |
Other Communication
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: 21 (1997)
Televisions: Est 5 million( including B & W sets)
Satellite Earth Stations located: Padukka and Colombo and review
ISPs: 10
Country code / Top-level domain: LK
There are latest connection introduced by SLT up to 16mbbs recently
Telcommunications Regulatory Environment in Sri Lanka
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 3.00 average performance level.[1]
References
See also
- List of Sri Lanka Telephone Codes
- Gunaratne, Shelton (1996). Sri Lanka and the Third Communication Revolution
- SLBC-creating new waves of history
- Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka
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