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Communications (Sri Lanka)

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)
Radios:	3.85 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:	14 (2006)
Televisions:	1.53 million (1997)
Internet country code:	.lk
Internet hosts:	6,526 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	5 (2000)
Internet users:	280,000 (2005)