Sri Lanka, Dec. 18 -- Starlink supported Sri Lanka to restore its communication network which was broken down by Cyclone Ditwah, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne told Parliament today.

The Deputy Minister said Starlink provided 25 connections free of charge to restore the fibre network which had broken down.

"Some 4,500 communication towers out of a total 16,000 were broken down during the disaster," he added.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....