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Sri Lanka - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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  • 139 Pages
  • November 2021
  • Region: Sri Lanka
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 3938451

Sri Lanka strengthens its underlying telecoms infrastructure

Sri Lanka’s telecom sector spent much of 2020 strengthening its underlying infrastructure on both the domestic and regional fronts.

 

At home, Airtel Lanka completed the upgrade of its 3G mobile network, becoming entirely based on LTE. Dialog Axiata opened another Level 3 data centre, this time near Colombo, while Hutch Lanka completed 5G trials in partnership with ZTE, reaching speeds up to 1.8Gb/s.

 

Sri Lanka also took a number of steps to solidify its position as a regional telecommunications hub, with a second Maldives-Sri Lanka submarine cable coming on line, and Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) committing to be a partner in the proposed SEA-ME-WE 6 cable system which will connect South East Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.

Table of Contents

Key statistics
Regional Asia market comparison
  • Market characteristics
  • Market Leaders
  • Market Challengers
  • Market Emergents
  • TMI vs GDP
  • Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
  • Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Country overview
COVID-19 and its impact on the telecom sector
  • Economic considerations and responses
  • Subscribers
  • Infrastructure

Telecommunications market
Regulatory environment
  • Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL)
  • National Telecommunications Policy
  • Telecom Levy
  • Mobile network developments

Mobile market
  • Mobile statistics
  • Mobile infrastructure
  • Mobile broadband
  • VoLTE
  • MIMO
  • Major mobile operators
  • Mobile content and applications

Fixed-line broadband market
  • Broadband statistics
  • National Broadband Network
  • Fixed-line broadband technologies

Fixed network market
  • Major network providers
  • Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT)
  • Lanka Bell
  • Dialog Broadband Networks (DBN)

Telecommunications infrastructure
  • Fixed-line statistics
  • Domestic infrastructure
  • International infrastructure
  • Data centres
  • Smart infrastructure

Digital economy
  • e-commerce
  • e-government
  • e-Health
  • e-Education

Appendix Historical dataGlossary of abbreviationsRelated reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities 2021 (e)
Table 2 Telecom revenue by sector (Rs million) 2010-2018
Table 3 Telecom investment by sector (Rs million) 2010-2019
Table 4 Total fixed and mobile ARPU (Rs / month) 2010-2019
Table 5 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2011-2026
Table 6 Growth in the number of mobile towers 2014-2019
Table 7 Population coverage by type of mobile network 2015-2020
Table 8 Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2011-2026
Table 9 Change in the number of mobile subscribers by operator (million) 2009-2021
Table 10 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator 2009-2020
Table 11 Development of Dialog Axiata's subscribers, annual growth 2011-2021
Table 12 Development of Dialog Axiata's prepaid /postpaid subscribers (million) 2011-2021
Table 13 Development of Dialog Axiata's revenue, capex and NPAT (Rs billion) 2009-2021
Table 14 Development of Dialog Axiata's mobile ARPU (Rs/month) 2011-2021
Table 15 Growth in the number of Mobitel's subscribers 2009-2020
Table 16 Growth in Mobitel's revenue and EBITDA (Rs billion) 2009-2021
Table 17 Development of Mobitel's mobile capex 2009-2020
Table 18 Growth in the number of Hutchison Lanka's mobile subscribers 2009-2019
Table 19 Development of Hutchison Lanka's financial data (HK$ million) 2017-2021
Table 20 Growth in the number of Airtel Lanka's subscribers 2016-2021
Table 21 Development of Airtel Lanka's financial data (INR million) 2017-2022
Table 22 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers 2011-2026
Table 23 Growth in the number of SLT's fixed broadband subscribers 2015-2020
Table 24 Growth in SLT's fibre-optic network length 2014-2020
Table 25 Development of SLT Group's revenue by sector (Rs billion) 2011-2021
Table 26 Development of SLT Group's capex by sector (Rs billion) 2009-2020
Table 27 Development of DBN's fixed broadband and fixed LTE subscriber base (million) 2009-2020
Table 28 Growth in DBN's revenue 2009-2021
Table 29 Development of DBN's EBITDA and net profit (Rs billion) 2014-2021
Table 30 Change in the number of fixed-line connections and penetration 2011-2026
Table 31 Growth in international internet bandwidth 2011-2020
Table 32 Historic - Mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration 1995-2010
Table 33 Historic - Dialog Axiata prepaid /postpaid subscribers (millions) 2004-2010
Table 34 Historic - Etisalat Sri Lanka subscribers 2004-2010
Table 35 Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2002-2010
Table 36 Historic - DSL subscribers 2003-2014
Table 37 Historic - WLL subscribers 1996-2011
Table 38 Historic - SLT fixed-line subscribers 1999-2014
Table 39 Historic - Lanka Bell fixed-line subscribers 1999-2014
Table 40 Historic - fixed-line subscribers, annual change and penetration 1995-2010
Table 41 Historic - Fixed subscribers wireline and wireless (WLL) 2009-2016
Table 42 Historic - International internet bandwidth 1998-2010
Table 43 Historic - Development of Dialog Axiata's mobile ARPU (Rs/month) 2007-2010
List of Charts
Chart 1 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders
Chart 2 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
Chart 3 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
Chart 4 Asia Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 5 Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 Central Asia Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 Central Asia Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 Telecom revenue by sector 2010-2018
Chart 9 Telecom investment by sector (Rs million) 2010-2019
Chart 10 Total fixed and mobile ARPU (Rs / month) 2010-2019
Chart 11 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2011-2026
Chart 12 Growth in the number of mobile towers 2014-2019
Chart 13 Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2011-2026
Chart 14 Change in the number of mobile subscribers by operator 2009-2021
Chart 15 Change in the market share of mobile subscribers by operator 2009-2020
Chart 16 Development of Dialog Axiata's subscribers, annual growth 2011-2021
Chart 17 Development of Dialog Axiata's prepaid /postpaid subscribers 2011-2021
Chart 18 Development of Dialog Axiata's revenue, capex and NPAT 2009-2021
Chart 19 Development of Dialog Axiata's mobile ARPU 2011-2021
Chart 20 Growth in the number of Mobitel's subscribers 2009-2020
Chart 21 Growth in Mobitel's revenue and EBITDA 2009-2021
Chart 22 Development of Mobitel's mobile capex 2009-2020
Chart 23 Growth in the number of Hutchison Lanka's mobile subscribers 2009-2019
Chart 24 Development of Hutchison Lanka's financial data 2017-2021
Chart 25 Growth in the number of Airtel Lanka's subscribers 2016-2021
Chart 26 Development of Airtel Lanka's financial data 2017-2022
Chart 27 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers 2011-2026
Chart 28 Growth in the number of SLT's fixed broadband subscribers 2015-2020
Chart 29 Development of SLT Group's revenue by sector 2011-2021
Chart 30 Development of SLT Group's capex by sector 2009-2020
Chart 31 Growth in DBN's revenue 2009-2021
Chart 32 Development of DBN's EBITDA and net profit 2014-2021
Chart 33 Change in the number of fixed-line connections and penetration 2011-2026
Chart 34 Growth in international internet bandwidth 2011-2020
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Asia
Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 Asia Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 Asia Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 Asia Market Emergents and market developments
Exhibit 6 Mobile operators and systems
Exhibit 7 Mobile operator licence expiry dates
Exhibit 8 Hutch Lanka's spectrum concessions - 2021
Exhibit 9 Number of telecom operator licenses by category Sept 2021