Dialog Axiata, a publicly owned company headquartered in Sri Lanka and a subsidiary of Axiata, with Airtel Sri Lanka as a subsidiary, was founded in 1993, employs approximately 5830 individuals, functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer, and reported $597.3M in revenue as of 2025. The company specializes in telecoms, delivering quadruple-play services across mobile, fixed-line, broadband, and digital television sectors nationwide. It operates a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay-TV service (Dialog TV), provides 4G/5G mobile connectivity, home Wi-Fi, fixed-line fiber, fintech solutions via Dialog Pay, and over-the-top (OTT) media services through its ViU and Dialog Play ecosystems.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1993

Headcount

5,823

Headquarters

Sri Lanka

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

On September 10, 2026, Dialog Axiata enabled LankaQR payments at over 260 DSI stores across Sri Lanka through a partnership with footwear and lifestyle retailer DSI, allowing customers to use Dialog Pay and receive complimentary mobile data for eligible transactions. Concurrently, Dialog Axiata announced new mobile money partnerships, including a collaboration with Ria Money Transfer to enable direct cross-border remittances to eZ Cash wallets for over 20 million Sri Lankans. Previously, on September 9, Dialog Axiata partnered with JKOA to extend 4G connectivity to feature-phone users in Sri Lanka via the new JKOA Classic 4G. Also on September 9, Dialog Axiata announced the availability of the Xiaomi 17T 5G in Sri Lanka, which features Leica imaging technology and AI-powered capabilities, supported by Dialog 5G Ultra, its 5G network operating with over 1000 live sites across all 25 districts.

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Dialog Axiata offers 9 products in the enterprise tech, telecoms tech and media and telecoms services industries. Dialog Axiata's product portfolio comprises of telecoms, enterprise security, consumer electronics, media and TV services and data centre infrastructure.
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Dialog Axiata's revenues were $597.3M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Dialog Axiata's revenue into 8 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services, which represents 35% of Dialog Axiata's revenue.
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Examples of Dialog Axiata's suppliers include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Huawei Cloud.

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Dialog Axiata currently holds 7 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including soccer | association football and cricket.

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