Fast Links
Sept 23, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to award a contract to provide broadband links to 500 rural schools by end 2008, expanding a network in which 1,100 public …
Technology
Growth Spurt
Sept 18, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Mobitel, a unit of fixed access operator Sri Lanka Telecom says its customers would increase by 300,000 to 2. online pharmacy …
Cyber Education
Sept 12, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is starting post-graduate university courses using broadband mobile links provided by Mobitel, a celco, to remotely lecture …
Full Penetration
Sept 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka top celcos firms said they will connect more people by finding ways to lower costs, despite rising inflation and taxes on …
Competition
Sept 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka incumbent mobile operators say the industry has healthy competition and are denying claims by new rival, India's Airtel that …
Digital President
Sept 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has a 'digital president' who is strongly backing the spread of information communications technology (ICT) in the country, …
Broad Backbone
Sept 08, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is planning an optical fibre backbone to take broadband internet access to rural areas of the island, with the infrastructure …
Best Prices
Sept 08, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka cellco Mobitel, a unit of fixed access carrier Sri Lanka Telecom is readying to call proposals to buy international bandwidth …
Tele Tower
Sept 05, 2008 (LBO) - An iconic telecom tower to be built in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo may cost about 10 billion rupees (92 million US dollars) and the …
LBR-LBO CIO forum
Sept 03, 2008 (LBO) - Retaining skilled information technology professionals is critical for Sri Lanka's corporate sector when planning business continuity and …
Google Browser
WASHINGTON, September 2, 2008 (AFP) - Google plans to launch Tuesday its own Internet browser, opening up a new challenge in cyberspace to Microsoft and its …
Tele Conference
Sep 01, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka would be hosting the Asia Pacific conference on digital mobile telecommunications from September 07, which celebrates 21 years …
Soft Connection
Aug 28, 2008 (LBO) - Microsoft is training Sri Lankan migrant workers in information technology skills to improve their employability and keep in touch with …
Telecom Icon
Aug 28, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will build a state-sponsored 250 metre tall common broadcast tower for television, radio and telecom firms, information minister …
Piracy Battle
Aug 21, 2008 (LBO) - Business Software Alliance (BSA) has appointed an attorney-at-law to support action against piracy in the software market in Sri Lanka, …
Slow Mobile
Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka unit of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom says its mobile subscribers in the island will drop after correcting an …
Low Tones
Aug 13, 2008 (LBO) - Profits at Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom group, a unit of Telekom Malaysia, fell 78 percent in the June 2008 quarter to 537 million rupees, …
Twin Growth
Aug 12, 2008 (LBO) - It's easy to miss the business strategy behind a glitzy re-launch of Sri Lanka Telecom's wire-line services, as the island's only copper …
Online Books
Aug 04, 2008 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan firm has started selling books by local authors on the internet with soft copies available for download, the company, Z-World …
Erotic Fee
Aug 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has ordered internet firms to filter pornographic content, but adults could buy unrestricted access for special fee with …