Mobile Telephony in Sri Lanka – Intro
By Sameera JayawardenaProject Manager
ICT Agency of Sri Lanka
Technology?
technologíatéchnē (τέχνη) and -logía (-λογία)
Technology
Information and Communication Technology
Pheidippides
Information and Communication Technology
Factors
Information + Communication
Communication
Mobile Phone Evolution
1920s1940s1973
Martin Cooper
Mobile Phone Evolution
Features Usage
Complexity
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 Licenses 43
Total number of Fixed phones 2,832,464
Teledensity (Fixed Phones per 100 inhabitants) - 2012 Dec
17
Number of Cellular Mobile Subscribers 19,335,733
Mobile Subscription per 100 people – 2012 Dec
100
Internet & Email Subscribers - Fixed 435,758*
Internet & Email Subscribers (Mobile ) 1,068,482*
Number of Public Pay Phone Booths – 6,870
Trunk Mobile Radio Subscribers 206*
Statistical Overview of the Telecommunication Sector as at end of March 2013