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Telephones - main lines in use:
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881,400 (2002)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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931,600 (2002)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: very inadequate domestic service, particularly in rural areas; likely improvement with privatization of national telephone company and encouragement to private investment; good international service (1999)
domestic: national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave radio relay; fiber-optic links now in use in Colombo area and two fixed wireless local loops have been installed; competition is strong in mobile cellular systems; telephone density remains low at 2.6 main lines per 100 persons (1999)
international: country code - 94; submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (1999)
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Radios:
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3.85 million (1997)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 26, FM 45, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Televisions:
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1.53 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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21 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.lk
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Internet hosts:
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1,882 (2003)
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Internet users:
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200,000 (2002)
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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5 (2000)
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