1. Cumulative Number of Licenses granted under Section 17 of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act No 25 of 1991 as amended.

Year Category of Service Licensed under Section 17 of the Act. 2005 2006

June Fixed Access Telephone service 3 4 Cellular Mobile phones 4 4 Data Communications (Facility based) 6 6 Data Communications (Non-facility based) & ISP’s 23 24 Radio Paging 4 4 Trunk Mobile Radio 2 2 Leased Circuit Providers 1 1 Licensed Payphone Service Providers 3 3 External Gateway Operators 32 32 Sub Total 78 80

2. Statistical Overview of the Telecommunication Sector as at end of 2nd Quarter 2006 Number of System Licenses 80

Total number of Fixed phones 1,509,913 Teledensity (Fixed Phones per 100 inhabitants) 7.5 Teledensity (Fixed) in Colombo District –(2005 Dec) 25.2

Total Switching Capacity of Fixed Operators 1,687,478* Waiting list (Fixed) –March 2006 235,943 Number of Cellular Mobile Subscribers 4,284,256

Mobile Phones per 100 people 21.5 Total Telephone Subscribers (Fixed & Cellular) 5,794,169 Total Teledensity (Fixed & Cellular) 29.1 Internet & Email Subscribers 125,800* Number of Public Pay Phone Booths 7,260 Number of Paging Subscribers N/A Trunk Mobile Radio Subscribers 233 * - Provisional

3. Performance of Fixed Access Telephone Operators

3.2 Provincial Distribution of Fixed Phones

Province Cumulative Subscriber base as at 2006 June

Central

151,655

East

56,713

North

22,127

North Central

56,650

North West

108,991

Sabaragamuwa

92,727

Southern

151,353

Uva

61,027

Western

808,670

Total

1,509,913

3.1 Subscriber Base

Year Cumulative

1990 121,388 1991 125,834 1992 135,504 1993 157,774 1994 180,724 1995 204,350 1996 255,049 1997 341,622 1998 523,529 1999 669,113 2000 767,411 2001 827,195 2002 883,108 2003 939,013 2004 991,239 2005 1,243,994 2006 June 1,509,913

Growth of Fixed Access Telephones

0200,000400,000600,000800,000

1,000,0001,200,0001,400,0001,600,000

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

June

Year

Sub

scrib

ers

Provincial Distribution of Fixed Phones -2006 June

10%

4%

1%

4%

7%

6%

10%4%

54%

Central

East

North

North Central

North West

Sabaragamuwa

Southern

Uva

Western

4. Growth of Mobile Subscribers (1991 – 2006 June) 4.1 Subscriber Base

Year

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Jun

e

Subscribers

1,80

0

2,64

4

14,6

87

29,1

82

51,3

16

71,0

29

114,

888

174,

202

256,

655

430,

202

667,

662

931,

403

1,39

3,40

3

2,21

1,15

8

3,36

1,77

5

4,28

4,25

6

Growth of Mobile Subscribers

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

4,500,000

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006June

Year

Su

bsc

rib

ers

5. Internet & Email Subscribers

Year Cumulative

1996 2,504 1997 10,195 1998 18,984 1999 25,535 2000 40,497 2001 61,532 2002 73,468 2003 85,500* 2004 93,444* 2005 115,000*

2006 June 125,800* 6. Growth of Paging Subscribers

Year Cumulative

1996 10,721

1997 10,829

1998 10,511

1999 10,300

2000 7,009

2001 6,178

2002 3,541

2003 2,851

2004 828*

2005 N/A

2006 June N/A

Growth of Internet & Email Subscribers

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006June

Sub

scrib

ers

Growth of Paging Sector

02000400060008000

1000012000

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

June

Year

Sub

scrib

ers

7. Provincial Distribution of Public Pay Phone Booths

Province End of June 2006

Central 766 East 421 North 146 North Central 243 North West 422 Sabaragamuwa 343 Southern 874 Uva 242 Western 3,803 Total 7,260

8. Employment Opportunities in Telecommunication Sector

Category of Service 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 June

Fixed Access Telephony – Wire line

8,340

8,793

8,648

8,802

9,126

8,681

8,411

7,303

7,211

7,295

7,383

- WLL

7

476

814

740

783

810

822

833

814

1,053

1,427

Cellular

426

425

552

852

1,016

1,124

1,063

1,699

2,207

2,360

2,975

Radio Paging

184

190

185

148

108

57

30

32

21

N/A

N/A

DATA Communication

157

285

318

337

437

277

285*

102*

99*

97*

Public Payphones

56

116

180

250

353

337

290*

236*

275*

295*

294*

Total

9,170

10,285

10,697

11,129

11,386

11,446

10,893

10,388

10,630

11,102

12,176

Provincial Distribution of Pulic Pay Phone Booths11%

6%

2%

3%

6%

5%

12%

3%

52%

Central

East

NorthNorth Central

North West

Sabaragamuwa

Southern

Uva

Western