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| Table 414 (Soc., Infra., Tele.) | |||||||||||||||
| Telecommunication Services (1998-2010 ) | |||||||||||||||
| Soc 414e | |||||||||||||||
| Y | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008a) | 2009 | 2010a) | ||
| Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd. (SLT) | |||||||||||||||
| Subscriber Base (No.) | 523,529 | 669,113 | 767,411 | 829,282 | 883,108 | 933,771 | 991,239 | 1,244,000 | 1,884,000 | 2,742,000 | 3,446,000 | 3,436,000 | 3,571,000 | ||
| Fixed Access Services (No.) | 455,598 | 580,199 | 653,144 | 708,200 | 768,620 | 817,750 | 860,468 | 954,000 | 910,000 | 932,000 | 934,000 | 872000b) | 897,000 | ||
| Wireless local loop telephones (No.) | 67,931 | 88,914 | 114,267 | 121,082 | 114,488 | 116,021 | 130,771 | 290,000 | 974,000 | 1,810,000 | 2,513,000 | 2,564,000 | 2,674,000 | ||
| New telephone connections given (No.) | 143,075 | 133,709 | 90,647 | 77,535 | 69,258 | 62,815 | 53,656 | 117,000 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| Applicants on waiting list (No.) | 224,411 | 236,225 | 248,486 | 257,707 | 306,268 | 378,068 | 334,477 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| Expressed demand for telephones (No.) | 680,009 | 816,424 | 901,630 | 965,907 | 1,074,888 | 1,195,818 | 1,194,945 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| Growth Rate of the Subscribers (%) | n.a. | 27.7 | 14.6 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 25.5 | 51.4 | 45.5 | 25.7 | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| Telephone density (Per 100 persons) | 2.93 | 3.70 | 4.17 | 4.44 | 4.65 | 4.88 | 5.09 | 6.30 | 9.50 | 13.70 | 17.10 | 86.6c) | 100.8c) | ||
| Turnoverd) in Rs. Mn. | n.a. | 20.6 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 31.9 | 49.3 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| Other private sector | |||||||||||||||
| Cellular phones (No. of subscribers) | 174,202 | 256,655 | 430,202 | 667,662 | 931,580 | 1,393,403 | 2,211,158 | 3,393,000 | 5,412,000 | 7,983,000 | 11,083,000 | 14,264,000 | 17,247,000 | ||
| Cellular mobiles density (per 100 persons) | n.a. | 2.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 17.1 | 27.2 | 39.9 | 50.0 | 86.6c) | 100.8c) | ||
| Turnover of cellular operations (Rs.Mn) | n.a. | 66.8 | 70.7 | 68.3 | 63.2 | 56.5 | 53.2 | 26.2 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| Public pay phones (No. of booths) | 4,761 | 5,799 | 8,222 | 7,281 | 6,681 | 6,440 | 6,095 | 6,285 | 7,513 | 8,526 | 8,500 | 7,378 | 7,054 | ||
| Radio paging services (No. of subscribers) | 10,511 | 10,300 | 7,009 | 6,535 | 5,516 | 2,851 | 828 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ||
| Internet & E - Mail (No. subscribers) | 18,984 | 25,535 | 40,497 | 61,532 | 70,082 | 85,500 | 93,444 | 115,072 | 130,000 | 202,348 | 234,000 | 240,000 | 430,000e) | ||
| © ２０１１， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | Key: a) Provisional | Revised: 2011(y)/10(m)/30(d) | |||||||||||||
| Source： | b) Wireline telephones declined in 2009 | Chief Editor: | |||||||||||||
| 1998 : Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Department of Posts (year 1998-2003) | due to shift of some subscribers to cellular phones. | Prof. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | |||||||||||||
| 1999-2008 : Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka | c) Telephone density: | The former Head, Department of Management Studies | |||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 : Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, | subscriber (Base + Cellular Mobile)/100persons | University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||
| Department of Posts | d) Fixed Access Services and Wireless local loop telephones | ||||||||||||||
| e) Including mobile broadband services | |||||||||||||||