Telephones 352,681 (1997 est.); note - in addition, there are 114,888 mobile telephones (1997 est.)

Telephone system very inadequate domestic service, but expanding with the entry of two wireless loop operators and privatization of national telephone company; good international service
domestic: NA
international: submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations AM 12, FM 5, shortwave 0

Radios 3.6 million (1996 est.)

Television broadcast stations 5

Televisions 1.6 million (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.