Mobitel (Sri Lanka)
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Native name
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මොබිටෙල් (ප්රයිවට්) ලිමිටඩ් |
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| Industry | Mobile Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | OTC Australia (Pvt) Ltd |
| Founded | 1993 in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Headquarters | Colombo 02, Sri Lanka |
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Key people
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Nalin Perera (CEO) |
| Products | Mobile, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Financial Services |
| Parent | Sri Lanka Telecom PLC |
| Website | www |
Mobitel (Sinhalese: මොබිටෙල්; Tamil: மொபிடெல்) is the National Mobile Service Provider in Sri Lanka. The network offers a variety of services and currently operates GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+ and FD-LTE network utilising 2G, 3.5G and 4G technologies. It covers most of Sri Lanka with its GSM network. Mobitel offers both prepaid and postpaid mobile services, along with mobile broadband services using the 3.5G network and postpaid mobile services, along with mobile broadband services using the 4G network. Mobitel also launched Mobile Money services on November 2013 which is called mCash making the mobile phone a financial instrument. The service is licensed by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).
Mobitel, Sri Lanka's National Mobile Service Provider, which started operations in 1993, became a wholly owned subsidiary of SLT in October 2002.
In January 2004, the company launched its fully-fledged 2.5G GSM network that is EDGE/GPRS enabled and designed to operate on dual band. In December 2007, the company launched its 3.5G HSPA network - the first Super 3.5G network in South Asia. Further, Mobitel successfully demonstrated HSPA + MIMO technology with down link speed up to 28.8 Mbit/s and carried out successful trial of 4G/LTE technology with downlink speed exceeding 96 Mbit/s, for the first time in the South Asian Region. Investments committed to date in the 2.5G/3.5G/4G networks and service offering amounts to over US$ 500mn.
Mobitel was incorporated in 1993 as the third mobile telephone provider in the Sri Lankan market. Originally a collaboration between Sri Lanka Telecom and Telstra, Mobitel has been wholly owned by SLT since November 2002.
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