Telecommunication, media and TV

Television and radio

2 Government and11 Private TV Channels Rupavahini and the Independent Television Network (ITN) are the two Sri Lanka government-owned Television channels. MTV (English), Sirasa TV (Sinhala), TNL (English), ETV (English), ART TV (English), Siyatha (Sinhala), Swarnavahini (Sinhala), Derana (Sinhala), Shakthi TV (Tanil) , TV 1 (English), TV, Max TV are private Channels CCTV and ART […] Read more

Mobile wallet

Mobile wallet service is offered by two leading telecommunication giants Dialog – EZ Cash and Mobitel Mcash. Dialog’s EZ Cash is widely accepted compared to Mobitel’s Mcash. However compared to other payment methods such as FriMi, credit and debit cards mobile wallet payment usage is relatively very low. Unlike Mobitel’s Mcash EZ cash has partnered […] Read more

Getting an internet connection

It’s been 21 years since Sri Lanka got unrestricted commercial internet access, becoming the first country in South Asia to do so. Sri Lanka has wired and wireless internet.    Wired Internet Sri Lanka Telecom is the only wired service provider in the country offering high-speed fibre internet connections. To get this you would need […] Read more

Getting a mobile connection

The largest mobile phone provider is Dialog, with around 7 million subscribers. Mobitel, owned by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), is the second largest provider with 4.2 million subscribers. Etisalat now owned by Hutch has 5 million users. While Airtel has 2.5 subscribers as of 2018. Dialog and Mobitel have a very good islandwide voice and […] Read more