Category: Technology

Feb 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s software developers will get cash incentives to develop software that can make small enterprises more efficient, or modernize export industries and tourism, officials said. œThe initial boost provided through these innovation grants will be just the beginning of a much wider involvement both from the government and the […]

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 15, 2007 (AFP) – With mobile phone markets nearly saturated in the developed world, network operators and handset manufacturers are turning their attention to the fertile ground of emerging countries. Making affordable phones and targeting consumers with smaller budgets have now become priorities for the largest companies in the sector who were […]

SINGAPORE, Feb 13, 2007 (AFP) – Email spammers will face new controls on their unsolicited advertising under proposed legislation introduced by Singapore. The draft Spam Control Act aims to control the electronic commercial messages sent in bulk by email or to mobile phones, according to the bill seen on Tuesday. It was introduced to parliament […]

HONG KONG, Feb 12, 2007 (AFP) – Microsoft announced Monday its new version of its Windows operating systems for mobile devices and said it won new Asian partners hoping to gain more market share from competitors, Symbian and Nokia. The US computer giant said Windows Mobile 6 has been added new features previously only available […]

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 12, 2007 (AFP) – Leaders in the mobile phone industry gathered in Barcelona on Monday promising faster connections, more fun and cheaper calls at the start of one of the biggest trade shows for the sector. The 3GSM event is expected to draw 60,000 people over the next four days with 1,300 […]

February 09 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom’s profits surged in the last quarter by 160 percent driven by strong revenue growth taking annual profits up by 76 percent, results released Friday showed. SLT’s group revenue with mobile services rose 25 percent to 40 billion rupees in the year to December, while profits after-tax grew to […]

Feb 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s largest mobile operator, Dialog Telekom which helped make mobile phones a ubiquitous device in the country, says it wants to do the same to the digital pay TV industry. “If I were to trace back ten years, we took that device that was considered a luxury – a […]

Feb 07 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to get help from global Information Technology company Microsoft, to revamp local IT literacy skills, currently ranked lower than other South Asian countries. Director of public sector programs for Microsoft, Vincent Quah says, the ICT literacy level among Sri Lanka’s population is around 10 to 15 percent compared […]

LONDON, Jan 30, 2007 (AFP) – Windows Vista takes computing to a “new level,” Microsoft boss Bill Gates trumpeted Tuesday, presenting the latest version of his ubiquitous operating system at the British Library in London.Fresh from an overnight flight to London after launching the product in New York’s Times Square, Gates traced the development of […]

Jan 29 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tech firm Interblocks said Monday that they had implemented an ATM Switch and Monitoring system to manage Central Finance’s ATM network. The tie up with Interblocks and implementation of the iSwitch system would facilitate inter-branch settlement and reconciliation, remote monitoring and proactive alerts. The company says it is the […]

January 26, (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom is investing 100 million dollars this year as part of a medium-term strategy to boost revenues from IP based services, migrate rapidly towards a packet-switched network, and drum up international business volumes, a top official said. “We want to increase business from non-traditional business to 70 percent over […]

Jan 25, 2007 (LBO) – Mobitel is almost doubling its capacity to sign up 750,000 new subscribers, getting ready to cash in on a booming mobile phone market that saw 60 percent growth last year. Sri Lanka’s mobile market is estimated to have grown by 60 percent to 5.4 million subscribers in 2006. Mobitel, 100 […]