Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has connected Sri Lanka to the SEA-ME-WE 5 digital fibre optic submarine cable system using 400G technology with 48 Tbps bandwidth capacity. SLT as invested over Rs.5.2 billion (USD 40 million) for this project. The core system of the SEA-ME-WE 5 spans from Singapore to France & Italy.
SLT has connected SEA-ME_WE 5 submarine cable through a landing station in Matara in Southern Sri Lanka. All other submarine cables landing stations in Sri Lanka are located in Colombo and Mt, Lavina.