Mobile Telephony Intro

By Sameera JayawardenaProgram ManagerICT Agency of Sri Lanka

Technology?

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Technology

Information and Communication Technology

Pheidippides

Information and Communication Technology

Factors

Information + Communication

Communication

Mobile Phone Evolution

1920s1940s1973

Martin Cooper

Mobile Phone Evolution

Features UsageComplexity

OG

Analog

Digital

Feature Phone vs Smart Phone

Voice SMSSimple web browsing

Voice SMSWeb browsingApplicationsWhat else you need.....

Feature Phone vs Smart Phone

Voice SMSSimple web browsing

Voice SMSWeb browsingApplicationsWhat else you need.....

Smart Phone - OSs

Mobile Phone - Usage

Voice SMS Applications

Available Services Voice- 1919 GIC- Tell IGP- Many more

Available Services SMS- Railway Schedule - Fish prices- Many more

Applications

Mobile Phone - Usage

Mobile Phone - Usage

Number of System Licenses43

Total number of Fixed phones 2,832,464

Teledensity (Fixed Phones per 100 inhabitants) - 2012 Dec

17

Number of Cellular Mobile Subscribers19,335,733

Mobile Subscription per 100 people 2012 Dec100

Internet & Email Subscribers - Fixed435,758*

Internet & Email Subscribers (Mobile )1,068,482*

Number of Public Pay Phone Booths 6,870

Trunk Mobile Radio Subscribers206*

Statistical Overview of the Telecommunication Sector as at end of March 2013