Sri Lanka Telecom
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Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) is the primary telecommunications services provider in Sri Lanka with more than one million business and residential subscribers, providing domestic and international voice, internet and data services. The company is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange's Milanka Price Index.
SLT was formed in 1991 - it was Sri Lanka's first telecommunications company, and the successor to the formerly government-owned Telecommunications Department. In 1997 Sri Lanka Telecom was privatised with the collaboration of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT) of Japan. The company was awarded an AAA rating by Fitch Ratings Lanka followed by a BB- international rating by Fitch International and Standard & Poor's.
SLT' have been publishing directories ever since late 1930s to its subscribers. The Rainbow Pages business section is a new feature of the national directory; it was introduced in 2002 and is considered to be the National Business Directory.
