• Award-winning collaboration bridges 16 countries across 3 continents.

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) and SEA-ME-WE 5 Consortium proudly announce the completion of the 20,000- kilometre subsea cable infrastructure developed by a 16-nation consortium. This submarine cable system won the Project of the Year – Subsea award at the Global Carrier Awards in Paris in November 2016 for its technological and managerial excellence.

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC released its Group and Holding Company Financial Results for the year ending 2016, which revealed a healthy revenue growth by 8.5% and profits up by 28.6% compared to 2015. The Group comprises of the holding Company and eight subsidiaries including Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd, the mobile arm.

The Group recorded a net profit of Rs.4.8 billion with a marked increase of 28.6% year on year. This growth was driven by an increase in revenue of both Fixed ICT and Mobile segments reaching a total of Rs 73.8 Billion.

As a means of catering to growing and encouraging extra GB usage, while rewarding customer loyalty, Sri Lanka Telecom launched the “Free GB Offer”, a buy one get one free campaign, which was held between the 13th – 19th of March.

The campaign offered SLT Broadband customers the chance of getting an equal amount of free GB for each extra GB top-up they purchased.

Equipped with in-house caching solutions for top global social networks, Sri Lanka Telecom has clearly secured a key investment for the National Internet Infrastructure and all social media lovers; a distinct value addition when it comes to the improvement of quality for SLT Broadband users who go online with their family and friends.

Most of the content is now served within our shores without the need to search for off-shore servers to deliver target content, improve video chatting, and gain high definition for videos and so on.

• SLT to go for Joint venture operation with IOCPL.

• SLT and IOCPL to inaugurate South Asia's 1st Submarine Cable Depot in Galle, Sri Lanka.

During the period between the 21st and the 24th of March, Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) hosted the Management Committee Meeting of two submarine cable maintenance consortiums at the Hotel Galadari in Colombo.

Leading ICT Solutions Provider, Sri Lanka Telecom secured two prestigious awards at the 7th annual BestWeb.lk competition for the year 2017.

SLT’s company website (www.slt.lk) received the Gold Medal in recognition of being the ‘Best Corporate Website’ as well as the award for the ‘Most Popular Corporate Website’. The award ceremony was held at the Hotel Galadari in Colombo.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has come forward with yet another innovative entertainment option for their loyal customers in the form of ‘Music On Demand’ or MOD, a selective option for PEO TV viewers. This new addition has been set forth to cater to music lovers of all genres hailing from across the country, giving them the opportunity to click on the MOD option on the main menu and purchase their favourite music albums and to chill out to some musical entertainment in the comfort of their own homes.

Sri Lanka Telecom Group released its results for the 1st quarter 2017. The group comprises of 7 subsidiaries and the holding Company.

In celebration of the Sinhala & Tamil New Year, Sri Lanka Telecom, the premier Internet service provider in the country, launched a series of online Avurudu games for the enjoyment of SLT customers.

• - 855.9 Mbps user throughput achieved using Advanced Carrier Aggregation in TD-LTE 2500 MHz band

• - Over 700 Mbps cell throughput achieved on a single TDD Carrier using Massive MIMO

• - 5.5 millisecond user plane latency showcased