L1.

Cumulative Number of Licenses granted under Section 17 of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act No
25 of 1991 as amended.

Category of Service 2010 December

Licensed under Section 17 of the Act.

Fixed Access Telephone service 4

Cellular Mobile phones 5
Data Communications (Facility based) 6
Data Communications (Non-facility based) & ISP’s 08
Trunk Mobile Radio 2
Leased Circuit Providers 1
Licensed Payphone Service Providers 1
External Gateway Operators 33
Direct-to-Home Satellite Broadcasting Service 02
Cable TV Distribution Network 02
Sub Total 64
SLTL, Suntel, Lanka Bell, Dialog Broadband are entitled to provide Pay phone and Data services according to
their licences.
**4 paging & 8 non facility based ISP licences had lapsed. 4 non facility based and 1 facility based licences were
revoked.

2. Statistical Overview of the Telecommunication Sector as at end of 4th Quarter 2010

3578463

Number of System Licenses 64

Total number of Fixed phones 3,578,463
Teledensity (Fixed Phones per 100 inhabitants) 17
Teledensity (Fixed) in Colombo District – 2009 Dec 38.5
Total Switching Capacity of Fixed Operators 4,200,000*
Number of Cellular Mobile Subscribers 17,359,312
Mobile Subscription per 100 people 82
Internet & Email Subscribers - fixed 280,000*
Mobile Broadband Subscribers 294,000*
Number of Public Pay Phone Booths 7,054*
Number of Paging Subscribers N/A
Trunk Mobile Radio Subscribers 206
* - Provisional
 3. Performance of Fixed Access Telephone Operators
Year Cumulative
Fixed Access Subscriber Growth (1990 - 2010 Dec)
1990 121,388
1991 125,834 4000000
1992 135,504

Cumulative no. of Subscribers

3.2 Provincial
1993 Distribution of F
157,774 3500000
1994 180,724 3000000
1995 204,350
1996 255,049 2500000
1997 341,622 2000000
1998 523,529
1999 669,113 1500000
2000 767,411
1000000
2001 827,195
2002 883,108 500000
2003 939,013
0
2004 991,239

96

04

07

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90

91

92

93

94

95

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

05

06

08

20 009
De
2005 1,243,994

20

20
19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

2
10
2006 1,884,076
2007 2,742,059 Year
2008 3,446,411
2009 3,435,958 Subscribers
2010 Dec 3,578,463
* - Provisional

Province Cumulative
Provincial Distribution of Fixed Phones as at December 2010
Subscriber
base as at 2010
Dec
Central 377,684

East 155,139 11%

4%
North 101,268 3%

North Central 40% 6%

231,743

North West 341,543 10%

Sabaragamuwa 288,699
8%
Southern 405,575 7% 11%
Uva 239,763

Western 1,437,049

Total Central East North North Central North West Sabaragamuwa Southern Uva Western
3,578,463
 Cumulative No. of Subscribers

Year

Subscribers

0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
16,000,000
18,000,000
20,000,000
19
91
2,644 1992
19
92
19 14,687 1993
93
19
94 29,182 1994
19
95
51,316 1995
19
96
19 71,029 1996
97
19
114,888 1997
4. Mobile Subscribers (1992 – 2010 Dec)

98
19
99
20 174,202 1998
00
20
01 256,655 1999

Year
20
02 430,202 2000
20
03
20 667,662 2001
04
20
05 931,403 2002
20
06 1,393,403 2003
20
Cellular Subscriber Growth (1991 - 2010 December)

07
20 2,211,158 2004
08
20 20 0
10 9 3,361,775 2005
D
ec
5,412,496 2006

7,983,489 2007

11,082,454 2008

14,095,346 2009
Subscribers

17,359,312 2010 Dec

5. Internet & Email Subscribers
Year Cumulative E-mail & Internet Growth (1996 - 2010 December)

1996 2,504
300000
1997 10,195

Cumulative No. of Subscribers

1998 18,984 250000

1999 25,535
200000
2000 40,497
2001 61,532 150000

2002 73,468 100000

2003 85,500*
50000
2004 93,444*
2005 115,000* 0
2006 130,000*

ec
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

20 09
D
20

20

20

20
19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

20

20
10
2007 202,348*
2008 234,000* Year
2009 249,756*
Cumulative No. of E-mail & Internet
2010 280,000*
6. Paging Subscribers
Year Cumulative

1996 10,721 Paging Sector

1997 10,829
12000
1998 10,511
10000
1999 10,300
8000
Subscribers

2000 7,009

2001 6,178 6000

2002 3,541 4000

2003 2,851
2000
2004 1,008
0
2005 Nov 828
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07
19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

2006 N/A
Year
2007,2008 N/A
 7. Provincial Distribution of Payphones

Provincial Distribution of Payphones 2010 Province End of 2010

Central 856
12% East 424
Central North 79
6%
East
1% North Central 371
North
5% North Central North West 575
45%
North West
Sabaragamuwa 330
Sabaragamuwa
8%
Southern Southern 898
Uva
5% Uva 328
Western
Western 3192
13%
5%
Total 7053

* - Tritel figures in June 2010

8. Employment Opportunities in Telecommunication Sector

Category of Service 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Fixed Access Telephony

– SLTL 8,340 8,793 8,648 8,802 9,126 8,681 8,411 7,303 7,211 7,295 7,172 7,033 6,983 6,557 6,297

- 2,388+
WLL (Suntel +LankaBell 7 476 814 740 783 810 822 833 814 1,053 2,154 2,852 2,532 2,388+ 2275
+ Dialog Broadband?) d

Cellular 426 425 552 852 1,016 1,124 1,063 1,699 2,207 2,360 3,525 4,985 5,716 4,969 4,595

Radio Paging 184 190 185 148 108 57 30 32 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

DATA Communication 157 285 318 337 337 437 277 285* 285* 242* 275* 275* 275* 275* 275*

Public 56 116 180 250 353 337 290* 236* 275* 295* 299* 299* 299* 299* 299*
Payphones

Total 9,170 10,285 10,697 11,129 11,386 11,446 10,893 10,388 10,813 11,245 13,425 15,444 15,805 14,488 13,741
**

*. – Provisional ** - Dialog Broadband not included

10. Provincial Distribution of Fixed Phones in Sri Lanka as at December 2010
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NCD–5410
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NCD–8830
42302 CD– 33472

NCD-14231
157247
CD – 143016

NCD–6922
74496 CD –67574

NCD-18379
CD – 74127

92506 44205

85182 NCD–15503 NCD– 13125

NCD–40655 CD– 69679 CD – 31080
249037 CD –208382

NCD–11537 32392
CD – 20855

NCD–44832
CD – 90415
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107358 135247 NCD– 41570 NCD–19511
46864 36240
CD – 151210 CD – 27353
NCD– 50442 NCD – 3610
CD – 56916 CD – 32630
95369

NCD–16325 NCD– 9124

95757
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NCD – 483766 NCD–5110 52858
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NCD–11157 NCD–5441
CD – 59063 41524
CD –36083
70220 NCD–11012
72608 CD – 61596
NCD– 1
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CD –29873

197895
123110
NCD– 61641 NCD– 16256
CD – 136254 CD – 106854

NCD– 11300 110790

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CD – 99490

NCD– 25050
CD – 139796 129939

CD – CDMA NCD– 25199

CD – 104740
NCD – Non CDMA