Airtel launches network expansion

Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications company with operations across several countries in Asia and Africa, launched the initial phase of a comprehensive network expansion exercise across over 250 sites in urban, sub-urban and rural pockets across all districts of the island.

"This project will increase Airtel Lanka's 3G presence beyond 1,000 towers and 2G presence beyond 1,800 towers across the island. As part of this extensive expansion project that includes the expansion of transmission network, Airtel will continue to deploy robust and world-class network infrastructure and equipment to strengthen its customers' high speed data connectivity and mobile internet experience," a company spokesman said.

Bharti Airtel Lanka, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Suren Goonewardene said, "At Airtel, it is our ethos of changing Sri Lanka's telecom landscape. While we have changed the way mobile communications work in the country through the introduction of several innovative services which includes the concept of no hidden costs, we are now geared to change the language of the telecom business - from a mobile to a mobile internet organisation."