Sri Lanka restores 2,800 mobile base stations hit by floods

Sri Lanka restores 2,800 mobile base stations hit by floods

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s mobile operators have restored 2,800 out of 4,000 towers which were put out of commission by hurricane Ditwah, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, Eranga Weeraratne said. Sri Lanka has around 16,000 mobile base stations. The remaining 949, inactive due to power outages, are being restored to functionality as soon as possible, he said. The fibre backbone of the country was ripped in 11 locations and they were fixed, he s…

Telecom and Internet Services Expected to Be Fully Restored by Tomorrow - LNW Lanka News Web

The telephone and internet communication networks disrupted by the recent disaster are expected to be fully restored by tomorrow (04), according to Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne. The Ministry of Digital Economy, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission and all telecommunication service providers are working to expedite restoration efforts. The Deputy Minister said that landslides and flooding had disrupted provincial f…

Sri Lanka to fully restore phone and Internet services by December 4

AI-generated image Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, Eranga Weeraratne, announced that telephone and internet networks disrupted by the recent disaster in Sri Lanka are expected to be fully restored by tomorrow (December 4). He said the Ministry of Digital Economy, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, and all telecommunication service providers are working hard to fix the issues as quickly as possible. According to the Deputy Minister…