Lanka Bell
Sri Lankan telecommunications company
Lanka Bell (Sinhala: ලංකා බෙල් ලිමිටඩ්, romanized: Laṃkā Bel Limiṭaḍ) was the largest fixed wireless operator and the 3rd largest fixed phone operator with an island wide digital wireless network in Sri Lanka.
Lanka Bell was formed in 1997 as the single largest BOI Company in Sri Lanka with an investment of over US$150 Million. It was subsequently acquired by the privately held diversified conglomerate Milford Holdings (Private) Limited in 2005.
Due to its financial issues to maintain the service, Lanka Bell ceased its operations in 2024, gradually transferring their clients to other networks such as SLTMobitel.
“Lanka Bell” enters the record as sri Lankan telecommunications company. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lanka, Bell and Lankan can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16969287. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997, 2005 and 2024.
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