Editing Telecommunications in Sri Lanka (section)

==Telephone <ref>{{cite web |url=http://trc.gov.lk/2014-05-13-03-56-46/statistics.html |title=Statistics - Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>==
Landlines in use:{{increase}} 3,838,291 (December, 2021)

Mobile Phones in use: {{increase}} 30,824,128 (December, 2021)

* Teledensity (Fixed Phones per 100 inhabitants) :{{decrease}} 12.9 (December, 2021)
* Mobile Subscription per 100 people :{{increase}} 135 (December, 2021)

===Telephone Network===
Excellent domestic service in urban and semi urban areas. Inadequate service in rural and remote areas (2010), good international service (2010). The latest trend is the Fixed [[4G LTE]] and [[5G]] technologies, because of this technology many Sri Lankans who live in rural and remote areas can now access a good telephone and broadband internet service.

====Domestic====
The national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave radio relay and fiber-optic links are now in use in the [[Colombo]] City and all major cities and towns

====International====
Two submarine cables to [[India]] and the [[Maldives]]; one Satellite earth stations - [[Intelsat]] (Indian Ocean) (2009)

===Broadband Internet access===

====Fixed Broadband Service Providers====

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!   Operator !! Technology 
|-
| [[Dialog Axiata|Dialog]] || [[WiMAX]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] [[Duplex (telecommunications)#Time-division duplexing|TDD]], [[VoLTE]], [[FTTH]], [[Wi-Fi]]
|-
| [[SLTMobitel]] || [[ADSL2+]], [[VDSL2]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] [[Duplex (telecommunications)#Time-division duplexing|TDD]], [[VoLTE]], [[FTTH]], [[Wi-Fi]]
|}

====Mobile Broadband Service Providers====

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!  Operator !! Technology
|-
| [[Dialog Axiata|Dialog]]
| [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[Evolved High Speed Packet Access|HSPA+]], [[DC-HSPA+]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] [[Frequency division duplexing|FDD]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]], [[Voice over LTE|VoLTE]], [[VoWiFi]], [[5G]] (Trial), [[Voice over NR|VoNR]] (Trial)
|-
| [[Hutch (Sri Lanka)|Hutch]]|| [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[Evolved High Speed Packet Access|HSPA+]], [[DC-HSPA+]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] [[Frequency division duplexing|FDD]], [[Voice over LTE|VoLTE]], [[5G]] (Trial)
|-
| [[SLTMobitel]]|| [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[Evolved High Speed Packet Access|HSPA+]], [[DC-HSPA+]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] [[Frequency division duplexing|FDD]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]], [[Voice over LTE|VoLTE]], [[VoWiFi]], [[5G]] (Trial)
|-
|}