Category: Technology

Proceeds from the Dialog share issue will fund its future network expansion which will help add some 500,000 more customers to its current base of over 1.4 million users. Proceeds from the Dialog share issue will fund its future network expansion which will help add some 500,000 more customers to its current base of over […]

The Education Ministry hopes to call for a larger budget allocation for IT related education in the national curriculum.The Education Ministry hopes to call for a larger budget allocation for IT related education in the national curriculum. The IT project is now largely funded though an ADB grant for developing secondary education in Sri Lanka. […]

Dozens of Buddhist monks and their followers blocked a main highway to President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s home Friday demanding she withdraw plans to enter into an aid sharing deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, witnesses said.Dozens of Buddhist monks and their followers blocked a main highway to President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s home Friday demanding she withdraw plans to […]

Sri Lanka’s largest cellular operator Dialog Telekom, has lined up international roadshows in Asia, Middle East and Europe next week to drum up support for its upcoming public offering, officials said Friday.Sri Lanka’s largest cellular operator Dialog Telekom, has lined up international roadshows in Asia, Middle East and Europe next week to drum up support […]

Global wireless voice and broadband data products design and development firm Axesstel, Inc on Tuesday said it will supply fixed wireless phone units for Suntel Limited’s proposed CDMA network launch set for late June.Global wireless voice and broadband data products design and development firm Axesstel, Inc on Tuesday said it will supply fixed wireless phone […]

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Group on Thursday signed a share purchase agreement with Lanka Bell to buy 76 percent of the telco.Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Group on Thursday signed a share purchase agreement with Lanka Bell to buy 76 percent of the telco. The deal will go through Milford Holdings (Pvt) Ltd – […]

COLOMBO (Dow Jones)–Distilleries Co.of Sri Lanka (DIST.SL) said Friday it will pay million to acquire local fixed-line operator Lanka Bell Ltd. COLOMBO (Dow Jones)–Distilleries Co. of Sri Lanka (DIST.SL) said Friday it will pay million to acquire local fixed-line operator Lanka Bell Ltd.“The acquisition may take about a month to complete. We will start the […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) says its time intellectual property rights protection extended further into the Internet.The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) says its time intellectual property rights protection extended further into the Internet. WIPO is recommending “a uniform intellectual property (IP) protection mechanism” to control illegal domain name registrations in any new generic […]

Draft laws to prevent computer crime get green light from Sri Lanka’s Cabinet and will be gazetted by the end on June.Draft laws to prevent computer crime get green light from Sri Lanka’s Cabinet and will be gazetted by the end on June. “The good news is that after six to seven years of preparation […]

Sri Lanka Telecom’s fully owned cellular subsidiary rolls out second phase of its GSM network expansion to increase capacity to one million lines. Sri Lanka Telecom’s fully owned cellular subsidiary rolls out second phase of its GSM network expansion to increase capacity to one million lines. Mobitel on Tuesday signed a deal with global telecom […]

Sri Lanka’s commercial 3G licensing process is taking time to materialize as policymakers grapple over compensation for relocating current users in the spectrum table.Sri Lanka’s commercial 3G licensing process is taking time to materialize as policymakers grapple over compensation for relocating current users in the spectrum table. A proposed spectrum reallocation process in 2003 sought […]

MTN Networks handed in an application on Thursday to list up to 10 percent of its issued share capital on the Colombo bourse.MTN Networks handed in an application on Thursday to list up to 10 percent of its issued share capital on the Colombo bourse. The issue is likely to open by August 2005, and […]