Telecommunications in Sri Lanka commenced in 1858 after the first telegraphic circuit between Colombo and Galle was commenced. The sector continues to grow in the modern times. Telephone Landlines in use: 3,838,291 (December, 2021) Mobile Phones in use: 30,824,128 (December, 2021) Teledensity (Fixed Phones per 100 inhabitants) : 12.9 (December, 2021) Mobile Subscription per 100 people : 135 (December, 2021) Telephone Network Excellent domestic service in urban and semi urban areas. Inadequate service in rural and remote areas (2010), good international service (2010). The latest trend is the Fixed 4G LTE and 5G technologies, because of this technology many Sri Lankans who live in rural and remote areas can now access a good telephone and broadband internet service. Domestic 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 International Two submarine cables to India and the Maldives; one Satellite earth stations - Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2009) Broadband Internet access Fixed Broadband Service Providers Mobile Broadband Service Providers Internet The history of the internet in Sri Lanka began with the launch of the Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN) in 1992. The network was only made available to educational and research communities. In the 1985/1986 period with the use of an old TRS 80 model which ran Xenix, computer engineers and scholars were able to demonstrate a remote login from University of Moratuwa (UoM) which connected a computer in University of Colombo for the first time. Fixed Broadband Subscriptions : 1,810,657 (June, 2020) Mobile Broadband Subscriptions : 11,684,649 (June, 2020) Internet Speed 4G LTE Mobile Broadband : Download : 21.57Mbit/s to 300Mbit/s Upload : 10.23Mbit/s to 45Mbit/s 4G LTE Fixed Broadband : Download : 28.65Mbit/s to 150Mbit/s Upload : 15.41Mbit/s to 30Mbit/s Fiber Optics : Download : 100Mbit/s to 1000Mbit/s Upload : 50Mbit/s to 500Mbit/s data capped Other Communication 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 Telecommunications Regulatory Environment in Sri Lanka 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