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Telecommunications in Sri Lanka commenced in 1858 after the first telegraphic circuit between Colombo and Galle was commenced. The sector continues to grow in the modern times. The sector continues to grow in the modern times.
Aban Pestonjee (Sinhala: අබාන් පෙස්ටොන්ජි) is the chairperson and founder of the Abans group of companies. She is known as one of the first entrepreneurs who initiated in first bringing Korean technology to Sri Lankan consumers.
As of 2018 SLT-MOBITEL was Sri Lanka's second largest mobile network operator with over 7.9 million subscribers. [ 4 ] SLT-MOBITEL offers a variety of services and currently operates GSM , GPRS , EDGE , UMTS , HSPA , HSPA+ , DC-HSPA+ and FD-LTE network utilising 2G , 3.5G , 4G and 4.5G , 5G technologies with VoLTE service. [ 5 ]
In 2005, Dialog Telekom launched the largest IPO seen by the Sri Lankan capital markets in an attempt to finance expanding the network. The Dialog Telekom initial offer, which was launched on a book building structure at a price range of LKR 8 to LKR 12 per share, consists of 712.3 million ordinary shares, which is a 9.6% stake of the company. [18]
Celltel was founded on 18 June 1989 on a Motorola TACS system, becoming the first cellular network in Sri Lanka and 36th operator in world. [5] It was then re-branded by Millicom International in January 2007, as Tigo (Sri Lanka). then it was acquired by Etisalat.
In 1972, the country was renamed as the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka, and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when the government of J. R. Jayewardene split the ministry into two ...
The company later successfully obtained the Dell authorised distributorship in Sri Lanka. Softlogic ventured into the telecommunications sector with a partnership with Dialog Axiata offering corporate and individual Dialog GSM packages. Pathirage who realised the potential of mobile communications acquired the national dealership of Nokia in ...
Hutch Sri Lanka operates a GSM/EDGE/HSPA+/4G supported network using 900 / 1800 MHz. In 2012 the company launched HSPA+ services using 2100 MHz [7] The company launched 4G via 1800 MHz B3 from 2018 [8] and 900 MHz B8 from 2019. Hutch demonstrated 5G experience in Sri Lanka on 17 March 2021 with the cooperation of ZTE technologies [9] .