trading name etisalat native name formerly called tigo celltel type private company industry telecommunications predecessors tigo pvt ltd celltel lanka pvt ltd founded 1989 1989 in colombo sri lanka headquarters colombo 03 sri lanka key people wail salman ceo products mobile telecommunications data parent emirates telecommunication corporation website www.etisalat.lk etisalat lanka sinhala etisalat lanka prayivat limitad english communication known as celltel until 2007 and tigo between 2007 and 2010 is a mobile telecommunications network in sri lanka . it is currently owned by the uae based telecommunications operator etisalat . etisalat sri lanka had over 4.2 million customers at the end of february 2012 . the company announced the commercial launch of dual carrier hspa services on 15 august 2012 becoming the first operator in south asia to do so . 1 contents 1 celltel and tigo 2 acquisition by etisalat 3 competition 4 technology 5 slogan 6 references 7 external links celltel and tigo edit etisalat was founded as celltel on 18 june 1989 on a motorola tacs system becoming the first cellular network in sri lanka and 36th operator in world . 2 it was then re branded by millicom international in january 2007 as tigo sri lanka . acquisition by etisalat edit etisalat acquired sri lankan operations of millicom international tigo sri lanka . the acquisition was completed with a total enterprise value of 207 million us out of which 155 million us was in cash . 3 etisalat changed the operator brand name tigo to etisalat on 25 february 2010 . competition edit etisalat competes with international operators like dialog axiata mobitel hutch and airtel . technology edit etisalat lanka operates a gsm edge supported network using 900 1800 mhz . the company on 5 may 2011 launched hspa services over 2100 mhz becoming a lte ready mobile network in the country . 4 the company announced the commercial launch of dc hspa service on 15 august 2012 the first operator in the south asian region and the 63rd in the world to do so . 5 6 slogan edit the company slogan is it s about you references edit financial times of sri lanka etisalat about us reuters completion of sale of millicom s sri lanka operation daily news archived 24 august 2011 at the wayback machine . etisalat sri lanka dc hspa . etisalat.lk . retrieved 8 april 2013 . http maps.mobileworldlive.com network.php cid 251 & cname sri % 20lanka external links edit etisalat sri lanka v t e telecommunications in sri lanka landline operators dialog sri lanka telecom lanka bell mobile network operators airtel dialog etisalat hutch mobitel this sri lanka related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title etisalat sri lanka & oldid 732190327 categories mobile telecommunications networkstelecommunications companies of sri lankasri lanka stubshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksuse dmy dates from april 2013articles containing sinhalese language textpages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 30 july 2016 at 07 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view