The national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave radio relay and fiber-optic links are now in use in the Colombo City and all major cities and towns Two submarine cables to India and the Maldives; one Satellite earth stations - Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2009) The history of the internet in Sri Lanka began with the launch of the Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN) in 1992.
Postal Service: Sri Lanka Post Radio broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 54, SW 5 Television broadcast stations: 19 (2009) Satellite Earth Stations located: Padukka and Colombo Internet Service Providers: 9 Country code / Top-level domain: +94/LK LIRNEasia's Telecommunications Regulatory Environment (TRE) index, which summarizes stakeholders' perception on certain TRE dimensions, provides insight into how conducive the environment is for further development and progress.
The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines.
The tool measured seven dimensions: i) market entry; ii) access to scarce resources; iii) interconnection; iv) tariff regulation; v) anti-competitive practices; and vi) universal services; vii) quality of service, for the fixed, mobile and broadband sectors.
Sri Lanka initiated to produce telecommunication, specially smartphones with the collaboration of foreign companies that already in the leading market.