Dialog Launches Milestone 4,000th Network Tower In Thihawa

Records investment of Rs.50 bn during pandemic

Reiterating its commitment to expanding connectivity to every corner of the nation, Dialog Axiata PLC, the widest network in Sri Lanka, launched its 4,000th network tower in Thihawa village, Kurunegala, to further expand coverage to rural communities in the area.

In its continued efforts to expand coverage and support customers during these unprecedented times, Dialog has added 515 new towers to the network during the pandemic period reaching 4000 mobile 4G sites in its network, the highest ever tower count recorded in Sri Lanka.

Dialog made use of Green Field towers in rapidly expanding its coverage to reach deep rural communities and the Lamp pole solutions to cater to urgent capacity requirements in dense areas. A dialog will continue to enhance coverage to deep rural communities through another 450 towers, including TRCSL’s ‘Gamata Sanniwedanaya’ project, in the next 6 months, targeting more than 95 percent population coverage by end of 2021.

Dialog’s network accommodated more than 100 percent growth in mobile data traffic & more than 200 percent growth in fixed data traffic during the pandemic period, where the network carries more than 60 percent of the total mobile data usage of Sri Lanka.