Viral Attack
Coming in at Rs. 5000.00 for a Norton AntiVirus software suit, Symantec Corporation prepares to encourage the use of original software in Sri Lanka. online …
Technology
Secret Codes
The telecom regulator on Monday set a base price of Rs. 500,000 for each four digit short codes that is due to be auctioned by mid this year.The short codes …
Silver Bells
Wiping over US$ 30 million in debt clean off its accounts, Lanka Bell is now monitoring the communication lines, looking for a technical partnership that will …
Solemn Bell
Transmarco Limited, Lanka Bells Singaporean parent company is looking at divesting its remaining stake in its Sri Lankan wireless local loop operation. On …
Swift Move
Sri Lankas largest cellular operator, Dialog GSM, got another US$ 90 mn injection from its parent company, Telekom Malaysia Bhd on Thursday.Thursdays …
Free For Air
Questions are being raised over a 20 Mhz of frequency allocation in the 1800 Mhz spectrum range to Electroteks Private Limited for free. Reliable sources close …
Penny Wise
The telecom regulator has hired Frontier Economics Ltd to do a cost study on mobile and fixed termination rates between operators.The operators and the …
Changing Act
Plans to set up a common regulator for the communication and information sectors have been activated with a draft bill now available. The draft bill …
Sinhala Chat
The next release of Microsoft Windows will include Sinhala text support, a Council For Information Technology (CINTEC)committee is working on the details to …
Village Act
The next phase under the flag of liberalisation, the Act to set up the telecom sector development fund was published on Monday, open for a week for public …
G-Force
Sri Lanka will have its first 3G frequency auction in April, a limited exercise which will offer three slots in the 1800 MHz range.The auction will also be …
Number Crunching
The printing industry could see a leap in orders by June this year as the telecom sector rolls out a ten digit number change. Phone numbers across the island …
On Air
The Science & Information Technology Ministry says the consultant has to write out the terms of reference or TOR for the new regulator.rnrnThe TOR will set the …
Cutting Cables
The telecom regulator on Monday lent an ear to the industries woes with Sri Lanka Telecoms (SLT) international bandwidth operations. The hearing follows the …
Next Leap
Cellular operator Mobitel plans to triple its customer base with the launch of digital services from next month.The Mobile operator has already got the nod …
Sampath-DMS Tie Up
Improving levels of income and access to technology is expected to push up demand for e-commerce payment gateways services.Sampath Bank, which is banking on …
Twisted Pair
Sri Lanka Telecoms (SLT) Japanese stakeholder NTT Communication says the government has violated is shareholders agreement by allowing new players into the …
Cash Connect
New interconnection rules came into effect on Friday, setting the ground work for external gateway operators to negotiate network access. rnrnrnrnrnrnrnNew …
Final Call
Sri Lanka Telecom is moving towards a two-tier tariff band to encourage people to talk more and pay less.The proposal forms part of its bigger plan for a 15 …
Moving On
Mobitel will install a 200,000 line island wide GSM network by August, the first stage in its migration from its existing TDMA backbone. The migration could …