Technology

Speed Dialling

The Telecom Minister says up to 11 operators could be given technology neutral licenses, to clear up a 700,000-customers long waiting list, a bulk of it in …

End of a Call

Former SLT Chairman said the company was expected to post a Rs. buy chloroquine online …

Bad Call

Outgoing Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom, Thilanga Sumathipala says the incumbent operator has posted Rs. online pharmacy buy abilify with best prices today in …

Rural Call

The Telecom Ministry is revisiting a two year old proposal that was tied to the External Gateway Operator licences, requiring license holders to cough up part …

Open Call

The telecom industry could see a major shift in policy, with the Minister hinting of a technology neutralized licensing regime. The telecom industry could see …

Dividing Digital

A top UN agency says information communications technology in the country needs to focus more on technology as a social leveler. A top UN agency says …

Soft Touch

Showing it soft side, Microsoft extended its lquote Unlimited Potential (UP) grant programme to Sri Lanka to help IT based community technology and learning …

Back To Front

The company, which handles back office work for large insurance firms like Norwich Union of UK and British Airways, is looking at an initial investment of …

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 …

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 …