Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, d.b.a. Hutch ( si, හච්, ta, ஹட்ச்) is a Sri Lankan

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service provider and the country's third largest

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, with approximately 4.2 million subscribers of the Sri Lankan mobile market as of June 2021. Hutch is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited which owns 85% controlling stake of the company while the rest is held by Emirates Telecommunication Group Company PJSC. Initially it was called as "CallLink" and was the second mobile operator in Sri Lanka. Hutchison acquired its services in 1998 with the aim of being a nationwide operator in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. , Hutch has a network coverage of approximately 90% of the entire island. Hutch announced that they acquired

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on 30-November, 2018. Hutchison Telecom Lanka is a member of Hutchison Asia Telecom which comprises mobile telecommunications operations in the emerging markets of Indonesia, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. Hutchison Asia Telecom is a key part of

CK Hutchison Holdings CK Hutchison Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based and Cayman Islands-registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutchison Wh ...

which includes the 3 Group comprising 3G operations in Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Indonesia] Ireland, Italy,

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, Sweden. and the UK. Hutch logo

Competition

Hutch Sri Lanka competes with operators like

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SLTMobitel SLT-MOBITEL (formerly known as Sri Lanka Telecom, si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ටෙලිකොම්, Śrī Laṃkā Ṭelikom, ta, ஸ்ரீலங்கா டெலிகொம்) is the national telecommunications services provide ...

and

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Technology

Hutch Sri Lanka operates a

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/ 4G / 5G supported network using 900 / 1800 MHz. In 2012 the company launched

services using 2100 MHz The company testing 5G network and launched 4G via 1800 MHz B3 from 2018 and 900 MHz B8 from 2019. Hutch has demonstrated fastest 5G experience in Sri Lanka on 17 March 2021 with cooperation of ZTE technologies. Now they are expanding 1800 MHz 4G coverage in rural areas.

References

External links

Official Website

Merge
with

Etisalat Lanka Etisalat ( Sinhalese: එටිසලාට් ''Etisalat''; Tamil: எடிசலாட்) (formerly known as Celltel and later Tigo), was a mobile telecommunications network in Sri Lanka. It was owned by the UAE based telecommunications op ...

Hutch+Etisalat Combination
Telecommunications companies of Sri Lanka Telecommunications companies established in 2004 Organisations based in Colombo Sri Lankan companies established in 2004 {{Telecom-company-stub