| 1858 |
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First Telegraphic Circuit established between
Galle and Colombo. |
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First international telegraph communication established
between Ceylon and India. |
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| 1880 |
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Postal and Telegraph services amalgamated
under the control of the Government of Ceylon. |
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| 1895 |
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First submarine cable laid between India
and Ceylon. |
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| 1896 |
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Government of Ceylon took over Oriental
Telephone Company with its manually operated exchange. |
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| 1911 |
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Central Telegraph Office opened. |
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| 1931 |
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Installation of Automatic Telephone Exchange
at Kahawatta in Ratnapura District. |
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| 1935 |
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International Telephone Service inaugurated. |
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| 1941 |
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International operations handed over to
Cable & Wireless Company. |
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| 1951 |
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Government of Ceylon took over Cable &
Wireless Company. |
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| 1963 |
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Telex Service introduced. |
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| 1966 |
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Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) Service
introduced. |
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| 1976 |
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First Earth Satellite Station (Standard
A) commissioned in Padukka. |
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| 1980 |
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Postal and Telegraph services separated,
forming two departments: Telecommunications and Postal
International Direct Dialling (IDD) service introduced. |
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| 1981 |
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First Digital Master Exchange installed. |
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| 1985 |
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Linked up with SEA-ME-WE I analogue submarine
cable. |
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| 1991 |
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Sri Lanka Telecom Corporation formed. |
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| 1993 |
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Packet Switching Service introduced. |
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Second Satellite Earth Station (Standard B) commissioned
in Colombo. |
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| 1994 |
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Linked up with SEA-ME-WE II digital fibre
optic submarine cable. |
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| 1995 |
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Fully digital third Satellite Earth Station
(Standard A) commissioned in Padukka. |
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| 1996 |
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Internet and E-mail Services introduced. |
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Sri Lanka Telecom Corporation converted into a Public
Company. |
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| 1997 |
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Sri Lanka Telecom privatised with the collaboration
of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT)
of Japan. |
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| 1998 |
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Customer base reached 500,000. |
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Faults reporting and handling centralised to a universal
number - 121. |
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Teleshop - customer care centres opened. |
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| 1999 |
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Customer base reached 600,000. |
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Linked up with SEA-ME-WE III digital fibre optic submarine
cable. |
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| 2000 |
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Rs. 1.5 billion debenture issue. |
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First optical fibre ring transmission connecting 15 cities. |
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| 2001 |
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Rs. 7,800 million Regional Telecommunication Development
Project completed. |
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SLT also completed Rs. 44 billion infrastructure development
project. |
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| 2002 |
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Sri Lanka Telecom acquired balance 60% of share of Mobitel(Pvt)Ltd
- a mobile communications company. |
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| 2003 |
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Sri Lanka Telecom shares started trading on the Colombo Stock
Exchange(CSE). |
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SLT ADSL Broadband Connections Shake Up Marketplace. |
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Market liberalisation of International Services. |
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| 2004 |
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Sri Lanka Telecom receives the prestigious Fitch SL “AAA” rating. |
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Sri Lanka Telecom Launches its state-of-the-art Internet Data Centre. |
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BSNL of India signs an MOU with SLT for submarine cable system between the two countries. |
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| 2005 |
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SLT Citylink, Sri Lanka Telecom’s CDMA network launched in Anuradhapura. |
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SLT first to introduce eProcurement System in Sri Lanka - eTENDER facilitates online transparency and efficiency. |
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Sri Lanka Telecom Focuses on Intelligent Business Solutions. |
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| 2006 |
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SLT Hong Kong launched. |
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SLT inaugurates Dhiraagu - SLT submarine cable system between Maldives and Sri Lanka. |
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SLT and BSNL launches Bharat Lanka Submarine Cable System. |
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SLT becomes the first Sri Lankan company to achieve the highest international information security standard. |
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SLT to roll out Metro Ethernet Services. |
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SLT officially inaugurates local operations of landmark SEA ME WE 4 submarine cable system. |
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| 2007 |
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Mobitel strikes with the launch of M3. |
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Standard & Poor’s rates SLT above the country’s sovereign rating (SLT:BB-). |
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Making the Connection - SLT and 150 years of telecommunication in Sri Lanka book launched. |
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SLT to broadcast TV (IPTV). |
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SLT obtains BOI status & SLT Mobitel signs BOI agreement for Stage III GSM and 3G expansion project. |
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SLTnet goes 1 Giga bps in international backbone. |
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SLT launch volume base broadband Internet package. |
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SLT to host SANOG IX, South Asia's largest networking conference. |
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| 2008 |
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SLT boosts distance education in Sri Lanka through broadband connectivity, to National Online Distance Education System. |
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NTT Communications Corporation of Japan who held 35.2% of the total stated capital of the Company has sold their holding in its entirety, to Global Telecommunications Holdings N.V. of Netherlands. |
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