Category: Technology

March 13 (LBO) – Intense competition among Sri Lanka’s telcos will drive growth, with Dialog leading the pack and lifting earnings of its parent Malaysia Telecom, the investment bank Morgan Stanley said in a report. Sri Lanka is expected to top foreign contribution to Malaysia Telekom with 13 percent, followed by Bangladesh at six percent […]

March 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan fixed wireless operator Suntel, unit of Sweden’s Telia is hoping to earn 15 percent of its revenue over the medium term from managed services in information technology, officials said. Suntel’s debentures are listed on the stock exchange. The service branded ‘Suntel enabled’ allows firms to concentrate on core […]

March 05 (LBO) – The possible exit of Japan’s NTT from Sri Lanka Telecom continues to garner investor interest with market expectations of a possible buyout by Malaysian mobile operator, Maxis. But SLT has declined to comment specifically on the deal, saying NTT was satisfied with SLT’s performance. “I think amongst those projects the companies […]

COLOMBO, March 1, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka suspended sales of telephones and mobile phone cards in the embattled north and east on Thursday as troops stepped up attacks against Tiger rebels, an official said. The move was temporary and aimed at preventing guerrillas making use of phone services for military operations, telecoms watchdog chief […]

February, 27 (LBO) – Advocates of free and open source software (FOSS) are promoting the concept through a mobile campaign across Sri Lanka starting next month, organizers said Tuesday. ‘Foss-Ed on Wheels’ a special bus had traveled nearly 500 to Mahavilachchiya in the north central province and Buttala in the Southern province last year, teaching […]

COLOMBO, Feb 24, 2007 (AFP) – Working mother Kumari Ranasinghe looks forward every day to a telephone call from someone who hangs up on her immediately — her 12-year-old son who is making the call to let her know he has left school.“It’s also a disaster when the networks are busy and you can’t get […]

February, 22 (LBO) – After growing at breakneck speed for the past several years, Sri Lanka’s mobile phone market is losing pace and competitors are pecking away at dominant player Dialog’s market share, an equities research report has said. In 2006 Sri Lanka’s mobile penetration hit 27.1 percent according to official Telecommunications Regulatory Commission data. […]

February 20 (LBO) – Microsoft’s new Vista operating system, which comes with built in Sinhala language capability would open a high technology window for rural Sri Lankans, officials said. “The main objective of having Sinhala language in our own operating system is to enable people to interact with the computer,” says Imran Vilcassim, a Microsoft […]

COLOMBO, Feb 20, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s telecom sector soared in 2006 to 7.3 million users, led by a 59 percent jump in new mobile phone connections on competition and falling call rates, the telecom watchdog said Tuesday. Despite a waiting list of around 366,000 for fixed-line phone services, the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Regulatory […]

Feb 20 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom tied up with the Peradeniya University recently to support information technology research and development for application in sociology, agriculture and medicine. œThis will create a platform for researchers from various disciplines to come together and take part in research and development activities, Shoji Takahashi, Chief Executive Officer of […]

February 19, 2006 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka’s largest cellular phone operator, Monday posted a 44 percent rise in net profits for the 12 months to December, and said it plans to cover 100 percent of the island by end 2007. A unit of Telekom Malaysia, Dialog Telekom, reported a 10.12 billion rupee group […]

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 16, 2007 (AFP) – It could be the answer to grandma’s prayers: a mobile phone designed specifically for the over-65s that aims to take the fear out of technology and get the elderly connected.A small Austrian company shrugged off the buzz of innovation and youth-oriented marketing at the 3GSM mobile phone trade […]