Category: Technology

Telecom operators have provisionally consented to split transit operation revenue in a 40:60 basis to replace the present 20:80 ratio.However, the new ratio will not be implemented despite a majority of operators consenting to the revision.rn rnThe telecom watchdog will attempt to obtain unilateral approval from all players before implementing the new revenue sharing rate, […]

Mobile service providers expressed concern last week over Mobitel announcement about its plans to launch a digital network.Other players fear that the company would use SLT infrastructure to get an undue advantage.Mobitel is fully owned by SLT.rn rnIndustry players say that anti competitive rules are key to make sure that all deals between Mobitel and […]

Mobile service providers expressed concern last week over Mobitel announcement about its plans to launch a digital network.Other players fear that the company would use SLT infrastructure to get an undue advantage.Mobitel is fully owned by SLT.rn rnIndustry players say that anti competitive rules are key to make sure that all deals between Mobitel and […]

The telecom watchdog is working on a set of emergency short codes and value added service codes that will work on any network. Fire, police, ambulance, directory assistance and fault reporting are among the services that will be available on short code and will be in place after the ongoing ten digit number change due […]

Tritel Services is talking to regional telecom players to sell a low cost payphone system designed for thinly populated areas. The card phone system, designed and built in-house will cost 50 percent less than the lowest priced alternative available in the market today costing around US$ 1,500.rn rnTritel CEO, Robert Schuster told Lanka Business Online […]

A minority stake in Sri Lanka Telecom is unlikely to make it to the market this year, as authorities feel the time is not ripe.The telecom giant has also offered a voluntary retirement scheme to shed excess staff, as part of an overall restructuring exercise.rn rnThe government had earlier told the IMF they were planning […]

Telco firms will soon introduce charges to terminate calls on each others networks, a fee expected to cover infrastructure costs. Only Sri Lanka Telecom presently, charges a termination fee from mobile operators under the present system. rn rnBetween other operators, its is agreed that the network sending the call, keeps the revenue to cancel off […]

Indian telco giant, Videsh Sanchara Nigam Limited (VSNL) will transfer part of its international bandwidth on the SEA ME WE III (three) submarine cable to its Sri Lankan offshoot. The cable capacity will be in addition to a satellite earth station that will be set up to provide overseas call services.rn rnVSNL will initially run […]

Sri Lanka Telecom will restore the microwave radio link that once connected the island to neighbouring India. Operational in the 80s, the link was a key like which helped carry a significant portion of the voice traffic between the two countries.rn rnA Memorandum of Understanding signed with Indian telco giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) […]

A fresh set of rules to govern telecom firm mergers is being floated within the industry for comment by August 6.The draft outlines how the telecom watchdog should respond to merger situation and how the merged operators should behave.rn rnInformation and infrastructure sharing, cross subsidisation and other practices that give the firs and unfair advantage […]

Sri Lanka will play host to the first annual IT knowledge dissemination conference endash Networking South Asia later in July.Chairman of the Organising Committee, Dr.Gihan Dias says the conference aims to build links with regional Internet and allied service providers and to push through the latest thinking in the industry. rn rnIndustry sources say the […]

A draft spectrum management report recommends auctioning as the basis for allocating slots in the 1800 and 1900 MHz frequency band.Justifying its recommendations, the report say auctioning frequency slots would obtain competitive market rats for the scarce resource opposed to fixed rates last revised in 1996.rn rnThe telecom watchdog already cleared four slots in the […]