Deep Cut
July 6, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's biggest mobile-phone operator Dialog Telekom Thursday slashed outgoing call charges by as much as 50 percent as the firm …
Technology
Pied Piper
July 1, 2006 (LBO) – Retired banker Lakhman Edward is one of the many few hundred investors bold enough to track their equity portfolio through the …
Serious Contenders
June 30, 2006 (LBO) – More than ten foreign and local telecom operators shown interest in bidding for Sri Lanka's fifth mobile operator's licence, the …
Off Range
June 29, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has agreed clear up frequency spectrum on few bands, as the government looks to attract new operators to …
Nice Fit?
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25, 2006 (AFP) - Malaysia's top mobile phone operator Maxis Communications is bidding for Sri Lanka's fifth mobile operator's licence along …
Pressure Points
BANGALORE, India, June 25, 2006 (AFP) - Soaring salaries and poor quality of manpower are prompting foreign firms to shut their outsourcing operations in India …
Seamless Access
June 23, 2006 (LBO) – Over a dozens firms have responded to the telecom watchdog's call to take up a WiMAX license and offer services islandwide, the …
Direct Orders
June 22, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Thursday said it will begin registering and regulating all broadcast satellite services, amidst the recent controversial …
Web Net
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 2006 (AFP) - Fresh from a fight with US officials over the sanctity of online search information, Google on Tuesday joined an alliance …
Calling Home
SINGAPORE, June 20, 2006 (AFP) - Future expansion in the mobile telephone business will come from developing economies whose less than affluent consumers …
Zipping Through
June 20, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom, the island’s biggest fixed line operator, plans to rollout a 200 million rupee project next month to …
Joint Force
FRANKFURT, June 19, 2006 (AFP) - Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia and German rival Siemens said Monday they would merge their telecoms equipment and …
Outback PC
June 19 (LBO) – Intel Corp together with Sri Lanka’s ICT Agency will soon pilot a rugged alternative to the conventional PC for rural areas, …
Last Resort
June 9, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's CBNSat a local cable television operator -- is appealing to customers to be patient while they engage in a court battle …
Sealed Link
June 07 (LBO) - Authorities in Sri Lanka shut down pay television channel CBNSat which was using satellite communications technology without proper approval, …
Cash Cow
June 7, 2006 (LBO) – Private fixed line operators are among the few trying to lay their hands on the fifth mobile phone license which has come up for …
Big Bucks
BANGALORE, India, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - US technology giant IBM said Tuesday it will triple its investments in India to six billion dollars over the next three …
Extended Family
June 5, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to expand its mobile phone market to five players, in a bid to bring down costs of telephony, the telecom regulator …
High Speed
May 22, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday offered mobile operators the chance to set up a next generation or third generation mobile phone network, with aim …
Bigger Footprint
May 19 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, a unit of Telekom Malaysia, Friday kicked off a 150 million dollars expansion drive to grow its mobile and broadband …