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Telecommunication and Postal services , 1999- 2005
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* hdj;ald,slhs jw;fhypfkhdJ Provisional

Item
Telecommunications Services
1. Sri LankaTelecom Ltd. (SLTL)
SLT Telephone lines in service (No.)
New telephone connection given (No.)
Applicants on waiting list (No.)
Expressed demand for telephones (No.)
Wireless local loop telephones (No.)
Telephone density ( per 100 persons)
2. Other private sector
Cellular phones (No. of subscribers)
Public pay phones (No. of booths)
Radio paging services (No. of subscribers)

1999

2000

2001

580,199
133,709
236,225
816,424
88,914
3.70

653,144
90,647
248,486
901,630
114,267
4.17

708,200 768,620 817,750 860,468

77,535
69,258
62,815
53,656
257,707 306,268 378,068 334,477
965,907 1,074,888 1,195,818 1,194,945
121,082 114,488 116,021 130,771
4.44
4.65
4.88
5.09

256,655
5,799
10,300

430,202
8,222
7,009

667,662
7,281
6,535

25,535

40,497

61,532

70,082

85,500

93,300

115,072

Postal Services
1. Delivery areas (No.)
2. Post offices (No.)
Public
Main post offices
Sub post offices
Private
Agency post offices
Rural Agency post offices
Estate Agency post offices
Area served by a post office (Sq. km.)

6,729
4,437
4,040
586
3,454
397
297
100
14.8

6,729
4,488
4,049
597
3,452
439
316
113
10
14.6

6,729
4,556
4,042
602
3,440
514
360
144
10
14.4

6,729
4,616
4,046
614
3,432
570
379
156
35
14.2

6,729
4,630
4,050
622
3,428
580
387
145
48
14.1

6,729
4,711
4,049
630
3,419
662
441
156
65
13.9

6,729
4,704
4,041
633
3,408
663
442
156
65
13.9

Population served by a post office (No.)

4,338

4,243

4,103

4,102

4,084

4,100

4,100

23

25

26

25

24

24

25

445,812

448,497

459,538

471,500

478,650

472,066

436,276

36,582
33,346
69,928

37,284
35,472
72,756

36,249
37,715
73,964

37,837
39,439
77,276

..
..
71,890

..
..
74,693

31,000
32,481
63,481

Internet & E- mail (No. of subscribers)

Letters per inhabitant (No.)

Inland mail traffic ('000)
Letters and parcels
Foreign mail traffic ('000)
Inward
Outward
letters and parcels

2002

2003

2004

2005*

954,060
116,822
..
289,933
6.32

931,580 1,393,403 2,211,158 3,393,345

6,681
6,440
6,095
6,285
5,516
2,851
828
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Sources - Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Department of Posts