Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka telephone numbers
Location of Sri Lanka (dark green)
Location
CountrySri Lanka
ContinentAsia
RegulatorTelecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
TypeOpen
NSN length7
Typical format0XX-XXXXXXX (10 digits)
Access codes
Country calling code+94
International call prefix00
Trunk prefix0

Emergency Services[1]

4 Digit Short Codes
  • Short Codes in 19XX Range for Government Organizations
  • Short Codes in 13XX Range for Private Sector Organizations

Operator Hotlines

Fixed line (landline) codes

Fixed Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx y zzzzzz format where:

  • "xxx" represents the area code. All area codes begin with 0.
  • "y" represents the operator code for fixed (landline) numbers.
  • "zzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of six digits.

Area codes
Province District Area Area
Code
EasternAmparaAmpara063
North CentralAnuradhapuraAnuradhapura025
WesternColomboAvissawella036
UvaMonaragalaMonaragala055
UvaBadullaBadulla055
UvaBadullaBandarawela057
EasternBatticaloaBatticaloa065
North WesternPuttalamChilaw032
WesternColomboColombo011
SouthernGalleGalle091
WesternGampahaGampaha033
SouthernHambantotaHambantota047
CentralNuwara EliyaHatton051
NorthernJaffnaJaffna021
EasternAmparaKalmunai067
WesternKalutaraKalutara034
CentralKandyKandy081
SabaragamuwaKegalleKegalle035
North WesternKurunegalaKurunegala037
NorthernMannarMannar023
CentralMataleMatale066
SouthernMataraMatara041
CentralKandyNawalapitiya054
WesternGampahaNegombo031
CentralNuwara EliyaNuwara Eliya052
WesternKalutaraPanadura038
North CentralPolonnaruwaPolonnaruwa027
SabaragamuwaRatnapuraRatnapura045
EasternTrincomaleeTrincomalee026
NorthernVavuniyaVavuniya024

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Operator codes
Area code Operator
code		 Operator Type
0xx 0 Lanka Bell Fixed LTE
1 - -
2 SLTMobitel Fixed Fibre/Copper
3 Fixed CDMA/LTE
4 Dialog Fixed LTE
5 Lanka Bell Fixed CDMA
6 - -
7 Dialog Fixed LTE
8 - -
9 Tritel Public Payphones

Mobile operator codes

Mobile numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx zzzzzzz format where:

  • "xxx" represents the mobile operator code when contacting a mobile number. All mobile operator codes begin with 07.
  • "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.
Code Operator
070 SLTMobitel
071
072 Hutch *(previously used by Etisalat)[7]
073 N/A
074 Dialog *commercially launched 14 September 2020
075 Airtel
076 Dialog
077
078 Hutch
079 N/A

* Hutch has acquired Etisalat[7] on 30 November 2018.

  • Mobile phone users must always enter area codes when dialing a fixed (landline) number

Dialling into Sri Lanka

To Fixed telephone

To dial into Sri Lanka from abroad callers must use the +94 xx y zzzzzz format where:

  • "+" is the international call prefix (usually 00).
  • "94" is Sri Lanka's country code.
  • "xx" represents the area code. (i.e. omitting the leading 0 used when calling inside Sri Lanka)
  • "y" represents the operator code.
  • "zzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of six digits.

To Mobile phone

To dial into Sri Lanka from abroad callers must use the +94 xx zzzzzzz format where:

  • "+" is the international call prefix (usually 00).
  • 94[8] is Sri Lanka's country code.
  • "xx" represents the mobile operator code (i.e. omitting the leading 0 used when calling inside Sri Lanka).
  • "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.

See also

References
  1. "Emergency Services". www.srilanka.travel.
  2. "Contact Us | Mobitel". www.mobitel.lk.
  3. "contact us - Airtel Sri Lanka". AIRTEL.
  4. "Hotline Tariffs". www.dialog.lk.
  5. "Hutchison Telecommunications Sri Lanka | The best 4G Internet provider Contact".
  7. "CK Hutchison finalises Sri Lanka deal". Mobile World Live.
  8. "Welcome to Sri Lanka Telecom | SLT.LK". www.slt.lk. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
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