Tele Rating
August 9, 2007 (LBO) – Standard and Poor's (S&P) has upgraded the outlook on Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) from negative to stable while affirming its 'B+' …
Technology
Prized Project
Aug 08, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan ICT project using a digital, interactive educational content system in the Sinhala language aimed at developing …
3G Link
August 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top celco Dialog Telekom, a unit of Telecom Malaysia, said Tuesday it had launched a third generation (3G) …
Call Forward
August 06, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan mobile phone operator has called for the introduction of 'number portability', saying that consumers would benefit …
Walkie Talkie
August 2, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan celco is rolling out a mobile payphone system for rural communities that have limited access to telecommunications …
Missed Call
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should unilaterally liberalise its telecommunications sector even further and update outdated regulations to avoid …
Digital Divide
July 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's government ICT Agency has expanded its telecentre network to 400 points all over the island to help communities improve …
Flat Profits
July 26, 2007 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka's largest celco saw consolidated net profits dip by a marginal 3 percent in the June quarter as start-up …
Middleware Spot
July 13, 2007 (LBO) – The open source middleware technology company WSO2 says its products generated wide interest at the SOA World software conference …
IT Literacy
July 13, 2007 (LBO) – India has pledged 13 million rupees to set up 20 computer education outlets called 'Nenasalas' in villages in Sri Lanka. Nenasalas, …
Phone Charges
July 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom has said it plans to switch to a time-based tariff structure from a unit-based one as part of a court settlement …
Court Call
July 9, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's telecom regulator has proposed slashing home rentals by 24 percent and call charges by over 8 percent, in a consumer …
Tech Tour
July 06, 2007 (LBO) – A delegation from Sri Lanka's information technology companies will attend the IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) summit in …
Cell News
July 3, 2007 (LBO) – Dialog Telecom is offering free breaking news for its customers days after competitor Mobitel launched trials for a text news alert. …
Snazzy Gadget
NEW YORK, June 29, 2007 (AFP) - Apple's iPhone, one of the most eagerly awaited devices in years, went on sale Friday with technology fashionistas queued up …
Smooth Notes
June 29 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan distributor of the latest Toshiba notebook computer is relying on good after sales service and the strength of well-known …
Virtuous Way
June 21, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's open source software community is promoting free programs that can be used on operating systems like Microsoft Windows, …
Imagine Cup
June 19, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's young software developers lack resources but not dedication or talent, says former winners of a students technology …
Digital Sheep
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - The FBI is in the process of locating and notifying the users of one million computers controlled by hackers through …
Big Response
June 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's biggest mobile phone company, Dialog Telekom, said Thursday its 15.5 billion rupee cash call had been fully subscribed. …