Analysis on Sri Lanka’s Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Markets, 2020 – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Sri Lanka – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

Sri Lanka is building a national fibre network linked to numerous international cables. This 45,000km network, built and managed by Sri Lanka Telecom, will serve as the backbone for fixed broadband and mobile services, including 5G.

The government’s Board of Investment of Sri Lanka supports the development of the telecom sector. Its funding as approved in 2018 and 2019 provided significant investment for network expansion and upgrades to mobile and fixed broadband infrastructure.

The market is now preparing to move from 4G towards 5G mobile services. Dialog Axiata and Mobitel conducted pre-commercial 5G trials during 2019, and Dialog has thus far repurposed 20% of its LTE antennae for 5G.

The fierce competition in the mobile market pushed Hutchison Lanka to merge with Etisalat Lanka in December 2018, being rebranded as Hutch and becoming the third largest operator in the country.

Sri Lanka has seen a very strong increase in mobile broadband penetration over the past six years, driven by rising usage of online video and the price drop of LTE-enabled smartphones. However, the market remains at an early stage of development, with penetration well below most other developed Asian countries. Strong growth is predicted over the next five years at least.

Fixed broadband penetration in Sri Lanka remains very low, partly due to poor fixed-line infrastructure and partly to the dominance of the mobile platform. However, the market has developed well over the last few years, albeit from a low base, and is supported by the two main telcos providing bundled service offerings including mobile, fixed broadband and video content. The telecom sector overall is being bolstered by the continuous expansion of the fibre and LTE networks, as well as growing investment in 5G.

Key Developments

• Dialog Axiata and Mobitel (Group SLT) run 5G pre-commercial tests, aiming to invest $254 million in network expansion;
• Fixed broadband penetration remains relatively low but is growing steadily;
• Maldives Sri Lanka Cable (MSC) is commisioned, expected to be lit at end-2020,
• Telecommunication Levy is reduced to 11.25% of telecom service revenue;
• High mobile penetration leading to slow-down in market growth;
• Mobile broadband subscriber growth continuing steadily, supported by wider LTE coverage and cheaper LTE-enabled devices;
• Telco market remains resilient despite the difficult macro environment (economic crises, presidential election and terrorist attacks);
• Report update includes the regulator’s market data to December 2019, telco’s operating and financial data for Q4 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies Mentioned (A-Z)

• Bharti Airtel Lanka
• Dialog Axiata
• DNB (Dialog Axiata group)
• Etisalat Sri Lanka
• Hutchison Lanka (Hutch)
• Lanka Bell
• Mobitel
• SLT (Sri Lanka Telecom)
• Suntel

Key Topics Covered

1 Key statistics

2 Regional Asian market comparison

3 Country overview

3.1 Background

4 Telecommunications market

4.1 Market analysis

5 Regulatory environment

5.1 Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC)

5.2 National Policy on Telecommunications

5.3 Telecom Levy

5.4 Mobile network developments

6 Mobile market

6.1 Mobile statistics

6.2 Mobile infrastructure

6.3 Mobile broadband

6.4 VoLTE

6.5 MIMO

6.6 Major mobile operators

6.7 Mobile content and applications

7 Fixed-line broadband market

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Fixed broadband statistics

7.3 Fixed-line broadband technologies

8 Fixed network operators

8.1 Overview of operators

8.2 SLT (Sri Lanka Telecom)

8.3 Lanka Bell

8.4 Dialog Broadband Networks (DBN)

9 Telecommunications infrastructure

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Fixed-line statistics

9.3 International infrastructure

9.4 Data centres

9.5 Smart infrastructure

10 Digital economy

10.1 E-commerce

10.2 E-government

10.3 e-Health

10.4 e-Education

11 Appendix Historical data

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/hjub0o

Contacts

ResearchAndMarkets.com

Laura Wood, Senior Press Manager

press@researchandmarkets.com

For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470

For U.S./CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630

For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900