Main City Codes:
Ambalangoda 97, Ampara 63, Anuradhapura 25, Avissawella 36, Badulla 55, Bandarawella 57, Batticaloa 65, Chilaw 32, Colombo Central (Includes: Angoda, Boralesgamuwa, Central Colombo, Havelock Town, Hokandara, Homagama, Ja-ela, Katunayaka, Kadawatha, Kaduwela, Kelaniya, Kollupitiya, Kotte, Maharagama, Malwana, Maradana, Mattakkuliya, Moratuwa, Mt.Lavinia, Nugegoda, Padukka, Piliyandala, Ragama, Ratmalana, Wattala, Wellampitiya) 1, Galle 9, Gampaha 33, Hambantota 47, Hatton 51, Jaffna 21, Kalmunai 67, Kalutara 34, Kandy 8, Katagastota 8, Kegalle 35, Kurunegala 37, Mannar 23, Matale 66, Mathara 41, Nawalapitiya 542, Negambo 31, Nuwara Eliya 52, Panadura 34, Polonnaruwa 27, Ratnapura 45, Trincomalee 26, Vavuniya 24,
Mobile Phone Codes:
CellTel 72, Call-Link 78, GSM Dialog 77, Mobitel 71
Other Codes:
Fixed Wireless Looped Phones Bell 75, SLT 70, Suntel 74 Special Number Air Lanka Ltd. 73-5555
Communications: Sri Lanka
- Telephones - main lines in use:
- 494,509 (1998)
- Telephones - mobile cellular:
- 228,604 (1999)
- Telephone system:
- 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: submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (1999)
- Internet country code:
- .lk
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- 5 (2000)
- Internet users:
- 121,500 (2001)
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