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Sri Lanka Telecom

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Trading name
  
SLT

Traded as
  
CSE: SLTL.N0000

Headquarters
  
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Type
  
Public limited company

Industry
  
Telecommunications

Founded
  
1991

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Native name
  
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ටෙලිකොම් පීඑල්සී ஸ்ரீலங்கா டெலிகொம் பிஎல்சி

Key people
  
P.G. Kumarasinghe (Chairman / Director) Dileepa Wijesundara (Group Chief Executive Officer)

CEO
  
Dileepa Wijesundera (9 Mar 2015–)

Subsidiaries
  
PEO TV, Mobitel, SLT Human Capital Solutions

Profiles

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ටෙලිකොම් පීඑල්සී Shri Lanka Telikom Pi-El-Si) is a telecommunications services provider in Sri Lanka and one of the country’s largest companies with an annual turnover in excess of Rs 40 billion. The company provides domestic and corporate services which includes Fixed and Wireless Telephony, Internet Access and IT services to Domestic, Public sector & Business sector customer.

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History

Sri Lanka Telecom has a history of over 150 years, having started its operations in 1858 with the establishment of the first Telegraphic Circuit between Galle and Colombo. In the same year it established its first international Telegraph Communication between then called Ceylon, and India. Since then, Sri Lanka Telecom has passed several milestones, including: in 1991 Sri Lanka Telecom became a Corporation and in 1997 the Company was privatised with the collaboration of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange's Milanka Price Index.

In 2008, NTT sold its stake in SLT to Global Telecommunications Holdings N.V. of Netherlands, which currently owns 44.98% stake in Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) whilst 50.50% is owned by the Government of Sri Lanka and the balance shares remain with the general public.

Dial-Up

Several Dial-Up packages are provided by SLT according to customer needs.

ADSL2+

SLT provides ADSL2+ fixed broadband with speeds up to 16Mbit/s under 6 packages which are Light User, Family, SME Business, Business (Heavy User), State Sector & Higher Education.

VDSL2 and FTTx

The company launched its VDSL2 and FTTH/FTTB broadband services on 2014 March 25 and are available in most urban areas in the country within 2 km of an upgraded Telephone Exchange's MSAN Unit.

4G LTE

Sri Lanka Telecom successfully demonstrated and launched its 4G LTE fixed broadband service at a ceremony held in Ruwanwella, Kegalle in January 2014, with the presence of Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology.

WiFi

Sri Lanka Telecom also provides free and pay as you go WiFi internet access at public places in Colombo and other selected cities in Sri Lanka.

Mobile network

Mobitel is a mobile phone network in Sri Lanka. It is wholly owned by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT). The network offers services and currently operates GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+ and FD-LTE network utilising 2G, 3.5G and 4G technologies. Mobitel offers both prepaid and postpaid mobile services, along with mobile broadband services using the 3.5G network and postpaid mobile services, and mobile broadband services using the 4G network.

References

Sri Lanka Telecom Wikipedia