Regional Profiles - Sri Lanka
| ICT Developments |
ICT Policy |
- Teledensity — 8.0%
- Three fixed-line operators
- Four mobile phone operators
- 32 ISPs
- Telephone services to 595 rural sub-post offices underway
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- Ministry of Economic Reforms, Science and Technology
- National Computer Policy, 1983
- ICT Roadmap through eSL Initiative
- Objectives of eSL policy, 2003
- Implementation
- Infrastructure & environment
- Human resource
- e-Government
- ICT for development
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| WTO Issues |
Regulatory Frameworks |
- Member since 1995
- Liberalized international voice telephone
- Telecom regulatory commission to promote fair competition
- Intellectual Property Act No 36 supersedes No 53 of 1979 and conforms to WTO and TRIPS.
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- Telecom Regulatory Commission
- ICT Act (No 27), 2003 establishes ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA — 2003)
- Science and Technology Act is parent regulatory instrument under ICTA
functions
- Evidence Act No 14, 1995
- Computer Crimes Bill
- Code of IPR,Act No 52, 1979, amended 1997
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