Mobile Growth
May 26, 2009 (LBO) – Mobitel, a unit of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), has increased subscribers by 73 percent to 2.8 million in the year to March 2009, while …
Technology
Thin Margins
May 25, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom group said profits fell 42 percent to 974 million rupees in the March 2009 quarter with fixed access revenues …
Tele Merger
May 25, 2009 (LBO) - India's Bharti Airtel said it was talking with MTN group, a firm operating in Africa and the Middle East, to buy 49 percent of its in …
Tele Rating
May 22, 2009 (LBO) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has lowered its outlook on Sri Lanka Telecom's (SLT) rating to negative from stable while …
Cyber Security
May 21, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan companies are concerned over data security with most still not having adequate protection, opening up opportunities for network …
Red Ink
May 20, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom said its broadband and pay TV units continued to lose money in the March quarter, contributing to a group loss …
Cost Savings
May 15, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom said it expects to make an annual cost saving of 500 million rupees by shedding staff through a voluntary …
Cyber Warfare
May 14, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's information technology (IT) security market is poised to grow given rising computer use among business and government, online …
Weak Data
May 14, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom, a unit of Telekom Malaysia said it had lost 1.86 billion rupees in the March 2009 quarter against a …
Leaner Model
May 13, 2009 (LBO) - Benefits of Dialog Telekom’s six month long cost reduction program, including retrenching 280 staff, will start kicking in by the …
Mobile Football
May 12, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan football fans now have the option to have interactive gaming sessions, download content and view English premiership …
Bootleg Ware
May 12, 2009 (LBO) - Software piracy in the Asia-Pacific region continued to grow last year with Sri Lanka the second worst offender, a study said Tuesday, AFP …
Digital Future
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2009 (AFP) - Old Media squared off against New Media on Wednesday as a US Senate panel examined the future of journalism in the digital …
Text News
April 25, 2009 (LBO) - Dialog, Sri Lanka's largest telco, has made available news from the government's department of information through its popular short …
Asian View
April 24, 2009 (LBO) – Millicom International Cellular, the parent of Sri Lanka's Tigo cellular network, says it may sell out of Asian units, despite …
Pay Back
April 17, 2009 (LBO) – The pay TV business of Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom group will take time to become profitable, with break even estimated at around …
Alarm Call
April 10, 2009 (LBO) - Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka's top celco, has said short-term gains to consumers like lower mobile call rates from intense competition …
Telco Trim
April 07, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top celco, Dialog Telekom says it had offered a voluntary retirement scheme to employees as part of a broader …
Green Commerce
April 07, 2009 (LBO) - New technology that allows multiple telecom services to be delivered over a single network can sharply lower costs and make commerce …
Closed Door
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2009 (AFP) - The United States began taking visa applications Wednesday for highly skilled foreigners, with lawmakers pressing to close …