Economic aid - recipient:
$577 million (1998)
Currency (code):
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Currency code:
LKR
Exchange rates:
Sri Lankan rupees per US dollar - 100.498 (2005), 101.194 (2004),
96.521 (2003), 95.662 (2002), 89.383 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Sri Lanka
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.244 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
3.362 million (2005)
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
(1999)
international: country code - 94; submarine cables to Indonesia and
Djibouti; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 26, FM 45, shortwave 1 (1998)