Pushing North
Mar. 08 (AFP) - Sri Lankan mobile phone company Celltel Wednesday announced plans to invest 100 million dollars to bring services to the island's embattled …
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Sri Lanka Telecom’s mobile subsidiary is vying to double its subscriber base by end 2006, launching a new low tariff prepaid package this week. Mobitel …
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Mar02. (LBO) -- Sri Lanka's second wireless local loop operator says it has lobbied the authorities to scrap a tax on CDMA handset imports. online pharmacy buy …
Island Call
Mar. 01 (LBO) -- Fixed line giant Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) will add the Maldivian incumbent telco operator to its list of regional clients, commissioning an …
Big Bills
Mar. 01 (LBO) -- Swedish telco operator Telia AB’s Sri Lankan subsidiary on Wednesday reported a 66 percent drop in six months to December profits, on …
Short Leash
Feb. 28 (LBO) – Swedish owned telecom operator Suntel, plans to tap local banks this year to raise US$80 million, despite a government directive to slap …
Line Extension
Feb 28. (LBO) -- Sri Lanka’s cellular service pioneer Celltel picked up a ten year license extension to 2018, a company statement said on Tuesday. The …
Mobile Growth
Feb 23 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, a unit of Telekom Malaysia Bhd said Thursday it is splurging US$150 million to expand its network by over 50 percent this …
Cost Base
Feb. 21 (LBO) -- Sri Lanka’s telecom tariffs will be put to the test under a new cost based study initiated by the island’s telco watchdog. The …
On Cue
Feb. 17 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) said Friday, group net profits for the fourth quarter of 2005 topped Rs. 604 million, despite continued losses …
Missing Numbers
Sri Lanka’s telecom watchdog on Friday gave a 15 day ultimatum to seven telco firms for delays in presenting their financial statements. Firms failing to …
Fine Tuning
Feb 07 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s telecom watchdog says it has started to crack down on errant state and private sector frequency users to collect overdue fees. …
Plan B
Feb. 06 (BLO) Sri Lanka’s key information technology communication agency, ICT Agency, plans to opt for a consortium built fibre optic internet backbone …
Going Soft
Feb 03 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's key international donors put off their Friday meeting with Tamil Tiger rebels, following protests by Marxists and Buddhist monks. …
Crowded Space
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) reports a 20 percent jump in action against cybersquatting but Sri Lankan companies still not defending their …
Very Berry
Jan 26 (LBO) - Sri Lankan cellular giant Dialog Telekom together with Canada?s Research in Motion, launched the ultimate in electronic leashes on Thursday ? …
Short Cut
Jan 23 (LBO) -Wireless local loop operators Lanka Bell has sought the telco watchdog’s help to up its interconnection into fixed line giant Sri Lanka’s …
100K Connected
Jan 18 (LBO) - Lanka Bell on Wednesday connected its 100,000 customers on its new CDMA network, seven months after its launch, and is now planning for rapid …
Long Line
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