SLT receives licence to launch NBN operations
View(s):Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has been given the licence as the National Backbone Network (NBN) Service Provider in Sri Lanka. Under this new licence, SLT will function as the NBN operator, delivering NBN services via the company’s advanced fibre optic based nation-wide communication backbone.
The licence was formally presented to Lalith De Silva, Group CEO of Sri Lanka Telecom by Anusha Palpita, Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL).The telecom company said that in line with country’s ICT development plans, SLT plans to cover all the 329 Divisional Secretariats and 24 districts in the country with high speed broadband connectivity over the NBN, within the next five years.“NBN will allow all the telecommunication service providers to use it to transmit their data traffic for the delivery of broadband services to consumers and businesses located throughout the country, expediting the bridging of the country’s digital divide,” a SLT media statement said.
Mr. de Silva said, “Our comprehensive fibre rollout provides the basis for the NBN to provide coverage, capacity and capability that allows for the increased demand. Our NBN coverage is already substantial and the capacity is engineered to be highly scalable, supported by state-of-the-art technology while providing essential quality features such as resilience and restoration”.
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