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Sri Lanka Communications:

Telephones — main lines in use:
881,400 (2002 est.)

Telephones — mobile cellular:
931,600 (2002 est.)

Telephone system:
general assessment: very inadequate domestic service, particularly in rural areas; likely 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: country code - 94; submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 26 , FM 45 , shortwave 1 (1998 est.)

Television broadcast stations:
21 (1997 est.)

Internet country code:
.lk

internet hosts:
1,882 (2003 est.)

Internet users:
200,000 (2002 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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