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Telephones -
main lines in use | 1.51 million (2006) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 4.284 million (2006) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: telephone services have improved significantly and are available in most parts of the country
domestic: national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave radio relay; fiber-optic links now in use in Colombo area and 2 fixed wireless local loops have been installed; competition is strong in mobile cellular systems and mobile cellular subscribership is increasing; telephone density remains low (2006)
international: country code - 94; submarine cables to Indonesia, Djibouti, India and Maldives; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) | | | Radio broadcast stations | 34 (station types NA) (2006) | | Television broadcast
stations | 14 (2006) | | | Internet country code | .lk | | | Internet users | 280,000 (2005) | |
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