Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe launched the free Wi-Fi service at Fort Railway Station on March 30, fulfilling a presidential election pledge of current President Maitripala Sirisena.

Free Wi-Fi is now available at 26 public places around the country - Fort Railway Station, Pettah Public and Private Bus Stands, the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Floating Market in Pettah, Colombo Law College, Colombo Public Library, Dehiwala Zoo, Colombo Racecourse, Colombo Police Head Quarters, Galle Railway Station, Jaffna Railway Station, Fort Dutch Hospital, Galle Face Colombo, Battaramulla Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo Museum, Karapitiya Hospital, Ratnapura Museum, Polonnaruwa Base Hospital, Matara Bus Stand, Polonnaruwa Railway Station, Matara Railway Station, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden, Jaffna Public Library, Kandy Railway Station and Peradeniya Railway Station.

On completion of providing free Wi-Fi facilities to more than 1000 locations in the country , Sri Lanka will become one of the first countries in South Asia to take such an initiative in such a short time.