Nomad Cell
Mobitel will tap the telecom watchdogs payphone subsidy to rollout call boxes in the Sri Lankan outback using ACeS satellite connections. The Sri Lanka Telecom …
Technology
Harvesting Time
Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd. may reap substantially higher revenue if an international call routing agreement with Indias Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. takes effect, …
Talk Shop
Insurance consultant Chandra Fernando thought very little when he signed up for a Dialog GSM connection on March 30, 1995.The 54 year old Fernando recounts …
Mobile Mania
With taxes slashed and handsets smuggled in, Sri Lanka is becoming a mobile phone paradise where even the islands prisons are awash with cell phones.With the …
Virtual Money
The World Bank on Thursday signed a US$ 53 million deal with the Republic of Sri Lanka, funds to back its island-wide Information and Communications Technology …
Lost In Translation
For instance, a simple and direct translation in Sinhalese for ldblquote save dblquote means rescue, while there is no commonly used local term for …
Long Beep
Fixed line operator Suntel plans to infuse US$ 20 mn this year, to roll out its network islandwide.The wireless local loop operator has sought the telecom …
Inside Lanka
Chipmaker Intel setup shop here this week, apart from the obvious reason of taping into the sales potential in the island, to standardize wireless technologies …
IT Global
Sri Lankas IT industry is surging ahead and on Tuesday another key player launched operations in Colombo, adding one more link to the backward integration …
Line Master
Delays in appointing a Commission to the telecom watchdog is holding up Suntels next phase of network expansion. Costs per line are estimated to tumble down to …
Lost Kitty
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) says it has just plugged in a Rs. 60 mn revenue seepage, which was discovered after its new US$ 20 mn billing system kicked in. online …
Fairy Godmother
The Treasury is considering the possibility of taking on the cost of thermal electricity generation to ease the CEBs cash crunch.CEB sources say the Treasury …
Hello There
Competition just got louder in the local telecom industry with Indian telco giant VSNL stepping up its operations in Sri Lanka. VSNL on Monday formally …
Critical Update
The first in a series of Microsoft organised workshops to upgrade IT awareness in Sri Lanka got off this month. Microsoft Country Manager for Sri Lanka Sriyan …
Foreign Call
Indian IT services giant Videsh Sanchara Nigam Ltd (VSNL) is finalising its service offer for Sri Lanka, with initial plans to push out an international …
Password Protected
Do you have the four-digit PIN code for your ATM or the password to your mail account? Do your know who else has it? Hackers and freely available password …
Achilles Heel
Sri Lanka Telecom plans to send out the backlog of customer bills from the end of this month, but subscribers will be billed on a shorter cycle.SLTs new US$ 20 …
Profit Centre
Moving ever closer to a long proposed IPO, Software solutions developer Virtusa Corporation recently completed its Series D round of financing, securing US $20 …
Smart Hutchison
Hutchison telecom says their local operation will connect an additional one hundred thousand customers to their GSM network when its commercially launched …
Whats In A Name?
Work is expected to start this year, and SLT hopes to include its brand valuation into its 2004/5 financial statements.rnrnThe consultant will first have to …