No more Telegrams from October [August 29 2013]

Sri Lanka Postal Department Telegram service will cease to function from October 31 due to the high costs it demand and less usage, the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology announced today.

The Postal Department charges a sum of Rs.3.00 for a Telegram with 10 words and it costs the department a sum of Rs.250 to transmit it to the recipient.

It is reported that only 50 Telegrams will be sent a day and the service has a significant competition nowadays from Short Message Service (SMS) through mobile phones and electronic mail