Telecommunications

Fixed and mobile telephones and internet connections. Quarterly and annual, 2013–2026.

Published by the TRCSL; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics and CBSL Monthly Economic Indicators.

Frequency

Cellular phones29,678,856number+3.1%
Fixed telephone lines2,707,976number−22.0%
Internet subscribers23,881,770number+0.8%
Telephones per 100 persons, excluding cellular phones12.3per 100 persons−23.1%
Telephones per 100 persons, including cellular phones146.2per 100 persons−2.1%
Fixed lines: wireless local loop1,660,081number−30.6%
Fixed lines: wireline in service1,047,895number−3.0%
Public pay phones ended0number–

Cellular phones

number, quarterly. 2026 Q1: 29,678,856, +3.1% on a year earlier

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Published by the TRCSL; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics and CBSL Monthly Economic Indicators.

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.