Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) founded in 1991, is one of the Sri Lanka's most valuable blue chip companies. The two main shareholders of Sri Lanka Telecom as at year end were the government of Sri Lanka which held 52% through the Secretary to the Treasury and related institutions, and Global Telecommunication Holdings N.V. of Netherlands, which owned a 44.98% stake. The balance shares are publicly traded. The SLT Group has a customer base of over five and a half million including multinational corporations, large and small corporate, retail and domestic customers. SLT provides facilities and services in the areas of voice, data, video and mobile to its customers.