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Performance
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Region
1- 27.09% |
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Region
2- 22.34% |
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Region
3- 4.94% |
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Region
4- 45.6% |
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For operational reasons,
SLT is divided into four regions:
Metro - consisting of Colombo and its suburbs
Region 1 - consisting of the Central,Western/North,
North Western and North Central provinces
Region 2 - consisting of the Uva, Southern, Sabaragamuwa
and Western/South provinces
Region 3 - consisting of the Northern and Eastern
provinces.
Metro
31,272 new connections were provided in 2001,
taking Metro's overall customer base to 320,772.
This constitutes 45.61% of the total number of
lines installed to date by SLT. The Metro is one
of the most important regions for SLT as it is
home to the largest proportion of SLT's customer
base.
Our plans for this year include
the continuing development of the Outside Plant
Network and the development of the human resource
skills of all persons involved in the day to day
operations of the Company. Providing contactability
to our maintenance vehicles via a radio network
is also planned.
Region
1
Nine RTOM areas fall within this region. They
are: Kandy, Gampola, Matale, Kurunegala, Chilaw,
Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Negombo. During
2001, the regional customer base increased by
24,754 bringing the total number of customers
to 191,036 by the end of the year. This constitutes
27.09% of SLT's total customer base.
Region
2
Eleven RTOM areas make up this region. They are:
Kegalle, Avissawella, Ratnapura, Badulla, Bandarawela,
Hatton, Nuwara-Eliya, Kalutara, Galle, Matara
and Hambantota.
In the year under review, 18,817
new connections were established bringing the
overall customer base to 158,240 or 22.34% of
SLT's total customer base.
Region
3
One of SLT's strategies over the past few years
has been to develop the switching and transmission
capacities in difficult areas. Accordingly, we
have embarked on a major infrastructure development
programme in those areas.
3,604 new connections
were provided across the region as a whole during
2001, bringing the total to 34,042 or 4.94% of
SLT's total customer base.
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