Call Sri Lanka.

Call Sri Lanka mobile phone by dialing 0094 or +94 followed by the mobile phone number without zero of the mobile phone number. For example 0094 777123456. To call a Srilanka land line or CDMA phone dial 0094 or +94 first then dial the city code followed by the subscribers' phone number (CDMA Had lost its popularity here). This simple dialing process will apply to the Softphone calls too. To make a foreign call from here, first dial 00 followed by country’s IDD code, city code and the phone number. Calling within same carrier is cheaper while calling another carrier is little expensive within the country. Visiting Business men and Tourists can buy Sri Lanka tourist SIM packages at the Colombo Airport by providing their Passport. Their Smartphone should be unlocked from their home country carrier or they should get / Buy another unlocked Smartphone.

During the 2024 Sinhala and Tamil New Year period there may be "Network Problem" notice due to millions of people will try to call others during the "Nakath" time.
It is better to send your New Year Greetings than calling them. Also the SLT Land line calls will be free on the New Year day between their customers. This will not apply for calling Mobile phones.

Due to Sri Lanka Governments' added VAT, ro phone service, Mobile Data Plan and TV Service prices had gone up by 18% from 01/01/2024 onwards.
Also new phone prices, phone spare parts and its service charges too had gone high in Sri Lanka due to VAT, High priced Fuel and of high cost of living.
For example Dialog.lk fun blaster price is Rs 459/- (Previous price Rs 447//-)
Furthermore, in Sri Lanka, Dialog.lk is providing only 4G connectivity to their customers. Alredy they had discontinued the 3G connectivity service.

Learn to send your current location through Smartphone in Sri Lanka as lot of friends request for your current location.
This will help them to reach you in quick time.
As a visiting person from overseas, send your flight details to Sri Lanka friend as he can track your flight through his Smartphone.

Rapidly increasing fuel price and cost of living in Sri Lanka makesl people to depend on their phones to do business and purchasing rather than traveling to the place.
Already Rs 880/- packages make them to have enough calling minutes to any Network and Mobile Data plan to surf and to make calls to their friends.

Going to visit a Mobile Phone Service Centre?

Don't forget to take your NIC or valid driving License with you.
Wait in order to get your turn.

Sri Lanka IDD Number: 0094 / +94

SLT Hotline: 1212
Dialog Hotline: 1777
Mobitel Hotline: 141 or 1717
Hutch Hotline: 1788
Airtel Hotline: 555

How to call a Sri Lanka mobile phone?

• Dial +94 or 0094,
• Followed by the mobile phone number,
• Don't use the 0 that is in the front
• Press the call button.
• Phone number will look like this: 0094 775811106.
• Widely used OS; Android
• Popular IM Apps: WhatsApp, Skype and Viber (Nearly all the Sri Lanka Smartphone owners have these Apps in their devices). People in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) including Dubai can make International free calls through Pinngle Messenger App. Download the Pinngle Messenger app for Android or iOS Smartphone.
  Register and verify your Smartphone number in UAE. It will allow to get high quality voice and video calls with your family and friends.
  
  

Sri Lanka Mobile Phone Network Providers.

Providers: Dialog, Mobitel, Airtel and Hutch
Available Networks: 2G, 3G, 4G LTE and 5G. (4G is the one widely available.)
Video calls available through 3G and above Networks.
Time to make Business Calls: 10:00 AM to 16:00 PM (GMT 04:30 AM to 10:30 AM)
Discounted calls from Sri Lanka: On Sundays, Holidays and Poya days. (Also off peak hours)
International IDD phone code: Sri Lanka +94 or 0094.

Around 32,049,932 mobile phones (including Smartphones) are being used in Sri Lanka. Its population is just 20 Million. There are nearly 1,451,982 registered internet users in Sri Lanka. They can dial and/or receive voice calls through Data plan or Wi-Fi of their Smartphones, internet connected PC and Laptops. In addition there are 2,509,331 Land phone are being connected through wires.

2024 Sri Lanka Phone Tariff

SLT	Rs 2.80
Dialog	Rs 1.50
Mobitel	Rs 1.50
LankaBell	Rs 2.00
Hutch	Rs 1.50
Airtel	Rs 1.50

Take note that the Airtel.lk and Dialog.lk had merged in to one company in Sri lanka.

Sri Lanka SIM Cards.

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Calling Sri Lanka Land Line.
Dial first Sri Lanka IDD Number 0094 or +94, dial the city code (11 for Colombo) followed by the customer's phone number.

Pre-Paid Mobile Phone Accounts in Sri Lanka.

Carrier	Balance Check	Data Check	Ownership	For Top-up
Airtel	*550#	*550#	#132#	*567#PIN#
Hutch	*344#	*344#	#132#	*355*PIN#
Mobitel	*100#	#170#	#132#	*102*PIN#
Dialog	*#456#	#456#	#132#	#123#PIN#

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