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 said. “Due to landslides and flooding, provincial fibre connections were disrupted at 11 locations. “We managed to restore services at 9 of these.” All provincial connections are…
Sri Lanka restores 2,800 mobile base stations hit by floods
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