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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]
Airtel (Sinhala: එයාටෙල්, romanized: Eyāṭel, Tamil: எயார்டெல்) was the brand name of former mobile network operator, Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was started as the Sri Lankan subsidiary of Indian multinational telecommunications company Bharti Airtel .
The business development and customer services for ikman.lk are managed by local staff within Sri Lanka. [3] The ikman.lk website is considered to be the first classifieds portal in the country to offer content in English as well as the country's main Sinhala and Tamil languages. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Initially it was called as "CallLink" and was the second mobile operator in Sri Lanka. Hutchison acquired its services in 1998 with the aim of being a nationwide operator in Sri Lanka. As of September 2018, Hutch has network coverage of approximately 90% of the entire island. Hutch announced that they acquired Etisalat on 30 November 2018.
Dialog Axiata is an investor under the aegis of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and has invested over US $ 3 billion towards the development of telecommunications infrastructure, thus becoming the single largest contributor to Sri Lankan foreign direct investment (FDI) to date. [11]
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.
Sri Lanka: Dialog Axiata: Airtel Sri Lanka commenced operations on 12 January 2009. It had about 1.8 million mobile customers at the end of 2010. [90] On 27th June 2024, airtel lanka merged with dialog axiata.Now bharthi airtel holds 10.36% of Dialog axiata. Tanzania: airtel Tanzania: Airtel Tanzania is the market leader with a 38% market share ...
Airtel launched 4G services on mobile from February 2014. The first city to get the service was Bangalore. [24] [25] Airtel has started their 4G services in Karnal and Yamunanagar in Haryana on 16 June 2015. [26] Airtel 4G trials has been started in Delhi from 18 June 2015. [27] Airtel had 95,173,000 4G subscribers as of June 2019. [28]