Call Lanka.

Call Lanka is an information web site which is providing the required information for you to make phone calls from overseas to Sri Lanka and to make calls to USA, UK, Canada, Japan, India and many other countries. As Sri Lanka is the leading country in the phone technology in South Asia, there is much kind of advanced services available for the land line, fixed line and mobile phone user. You can make video calls too with the latest 3G service to the mobile phones if the call receiver has the mobile phone facility to continue the video call. Most of the land lines have the caller ID facility to view who is calling them. Also these phones have the facility to make conference calls where many callers can make conversions together at a time. The Call receiver in Sri Lanka can put you on hold if he is on another call. Also many phones have the facility to divert your call to another phone of the call receiver, which may be a costly call for you. Srilanka too has its own peak hour, off-peak hour and holiday calling rates. This may vary according to the Srilanka call providing carrier.

If you are making a web based call or VOIP call then the person in Sri Lanka can’t view who is calling them.

Best time to make a business call is 11.00 AM to 15.00 PM local time on week days as the person in Sri Lanka will be able to have money exchange rate, market price list and the stock market report.

Best time to make a friendly call is 6.30 AM to 7.30 AM and 8.30 PM to 11.30PM on any given day.

To call from abroad the caller must use the international country code of Sri Lanka +94 or 0094 then if it is land line must use the area cod followed by the subscriber’s phone number.

To find a person's telephone number, who is living in Sri Lanka or any business or Government department or any organization you can use the telephone directory. There three major Sri Lankan phone service provider's telephone directories available in printed book format. Also these phone directories available online too. You can find them in our web site too.

If you are a foreigner there are many ways to call back your home. There are post offices which provides assistance to call, communication centers, road side and important places have call booths where you can make calls using the coins or prepaid cards. These call booths also provide facility to send SMS messages to local and international phones.

Here are the land line codes as per the areas and mobile phone numbers as per the service provider.

Colombo - 11 Ampara - 63 Anuradhapura - 25 Bandarawela - 57 Batticaloa - 65 Chilaw - 32 Galle - 91 Gampaha - 33 Gampola - 81	Hambantota - 47 Hatton - 51 Jaffna - 21 Kalmunai - 67 Kalutara - 34 Kandy - 81 Kegalle - 35 Kurunegala - 37 Mannar - 23	Matale - 66 Matara - 41 Nawalapitiya - 54 Negombo - 31 Nuwara Eliya - 52 Panadura - 38 Ratnapura - 45 Trincomalee - 26 Vavuniya - 24
	Mobile phones Dialog GSM - 77 Mobitel - 71 Tigo - 72 Hutch - 78 Airtel - 75	CDMA Fixed Line phone numbers. Sri Lanka Telecom - 3 Suntel - 4 Lanka Bell - 5 Dialog Telekom - 7

Current Sri Lanka Time

Sri Lanka Facts.

Country full name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Population: 20 Million
Capital City: Sri Jayawardenepura (administrative), Colombo (commercial).
Area: 65,610 sq km (25,332 sq miles)
Languages: Sinhala, Tamil and English (widley spoken)
Religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity
Monetary unit: Sri Lankan Rupee
Main exports: Clothing and textiles, tea, gems, rubber, coconuts
GNI per capita: US $1,540 (World Bank, 2007)
Internet domain: .lk
Local time: G.M.T + 05.30
International dialling code: +94
Mobile Phone Network Frequency GSM 900/1800. 3G, 3.5G.