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SLT to deploy Nokia technology to provide ultra-fast broadband access

16 Jul 2020 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

  • To bring 10Gpbs broadband service to Lankan customers 
  • To extend fibre network coverage to more than 200,000 customers

National telecommunication services provider Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) will deploy a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, based on Nokia’s fibre technology. 


Supporting its accelerated fibre initiative, the deployment will enable SLT to bring new, high-speed broadband services to more than 200,000 enterprise and residential users, across the country. 


SLT is rapidly enhancing its broadband footprint in Sri Lanka to better respond to the growing ultra-broadband demand from the customers. With Nokia’s fibre solution, SLT can provide the customers with high symmetrical download and upload speeds along with new enhanced broadband services, supported by the next-generation XGS-PON technology.