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Pakistan overtakes Sri Lanka in telecom

Posted on November 15, 2006  /  1 Comments

What I predicted would happen in 2005, has happened.  Pakistan is now ahead of all South Asian countries in basic telecom access other than Maldives.

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  1. janantha

    Well..Our SLT only know to put put good Adverts in TV and sponsor stuff. The rate of developement of the telco sector in SL is v.poor..

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