Communications in Sri Lanka

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Telephones - main lines in use: 1,094,809 Est(2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 5.8 mil Est (2006)

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; the teledensity rate remains as low as 16.6 phone lines per 100 persons (2004)

Though 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 are having 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)

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.

See also: Broadband Internet access worldwide#Sri Lanka

Country code (Top-level domain): LK

Satellite Earth Stations located at Padukka and Colombo.