NEWS RELEASE: Jaffnaites spend up to 12% of their monthly regular income on telecommunications


Posted on February 3, 2006  /  1 Comments

Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 December 2005: A recent study has revealed that many financially constrained Jaffnaites spend more than 12 per cent of their monthly regular income on telecommunications. People in Jaffna depend heavily on mobile telecommunication and have the highest demand for international calls in the Sri Lankan sample.

A study of ‘financially constrained’ telecom users in Sri Lanka has shown that compared to similar users in other areas of Sri Lanka, users in Jaffna exhibit markedly different patterns in their telecom use. The study, released today by LIRNEasia, an Asian research organization based in Colombo looks at telecom use amongst people whose monthly incomes are below LKR 10,000 in the Badulla, Colombo, Jaffna and Hambantota areas……

English press release: Jaffnaites spend up to 12% of their monthly regular income on telecommunications

More information about the project: Jaffnaites spend up to 12% of their monthly regular income on telecommunications

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