SMS Information for Sri Lanka Tourists visitors
Here we are giving you some useful information about using mobile phone to send and receive SMS in Sri Lanka, if you are a tourist or visitor to Sri lanka. Your origin country Mobile service provider of your phone for sure will have a roaming partner in Sri Lanka.
This you can see once you get down at the airport and switch on your Mobile phone if the phone works on 900/1800 band. But it will be little more expensive to use your phone with the roaming when you can easily have your own mobile phone number. Here in Sri lanka you can find all the top quality Mobile phone services as same as any other developed countries.
You must note that in Sri Lanka there are 4 numbers of mobile phone service providers who are operating in 900/1800 bands. Tigo Uses both 900/1800, Mobitel uses only 1800 band and leader dialog and hutch work in 900 band. So when you are arriving here don't forget to bring a Tri Band mobile phone which can use "SIM" card. or a dual band mobile phone of 900/1800 bands with the same SIM card using facility. Also you can buy a new simple mobile phone with charger for around US$ 50 or you can hire good quality
ones for day rental.
For a new Connection, producing your Identity, you can buy a SIM card with a Phone number from any dealer allover the island. There are scratch cards to reload money to your account with Local currency Balance in Rupees, to your as you go account.
Also there are facility everywhere to reload money to your
account at private communications, If you pay 0.50US$ (SLRs 55) and give your mobile number, they will reload for the amount in Sri lankan rupees, which will be added to your balance with a "peep" sound and with a SMS notification of added amount and the available balance to your Mobile phone.
Which you can check.
Most of the service providers incoming SMS are free of charge.
Normally you can send TXT messages of 160 letters to mobile phones for US$ 1 can be around 53. There is a free SMS sending (and receiving in your inbox) website with number of SMS per day limitation.
www.wow.lk. Dialog, Tigo and Mobitel too offer web based SMS sending facility to their customers with a low charge for each SMS.
To find Sri lanka Mobile Phone operators Network Information, their Roaming Partners, their Services, Coverage Map, their Network Status, and of their official Web Site.