Category: Technology

Sri Lanka Telecoms (SLT) Japanese stakeholder NTT Communication says the government has violated is shareholders agreement by allowing new players into the international voice market.In a letter to the Mass Communications Ministrys Secretary on Friday, NTT says its fresh agreement with the government signed in November 2002 gave assurances that ldblquote no licences shall be […]

New interconnection rules came into effect on Friday, setting the ground work for external gateway operators to negotiate network access. rnrnrnrnrnrnrnNew Page 1rn rnrnrnrnrn The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) on Monday rnissued the first batch of 21 External Gateway Operator (EGO) licences. rn rn EGOs are required to negotiate interconnection rates, rnpermission to terminate

Sri Lanka Telecom is moving towards a two-tier tariff band to encourage people to talk more and pay less.The proposal forms part of its bigger plan for a 15 percent overall tariff increase.rn rnThe telecom giant submitted its fifth and final tariff-rebalancing proposal to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) last July.rn rnSLT also wants the […]

Mobitel will install a 200,000 line island wide GSM network by August, the first stage in its migration from its existing TDMA backbone. The migration could see mobile tapping the local financial market to raise the US $ 50 million it requires for the infrastructure project.rn rn”We are still evaluating sources of funding and raising […]

Twenty one applicants vying to get into the external gateway operations industry got their licences today, including network operators Suntel, Lanka Bell, Dialog, Hutchison and Celtell.However, non network operators will have to wait till May 2003 to commence full operation, when the telecom regulator hopes to auction short codes – four digit numbers that will […]

SLT is announcing international direct dialing rate cuts of up to 25 percent, as the government finalises plans to offer an unlimited number of international gateway licenses.The dominant carrier also reported a 28 percent rise in profits for the last financial year slightly lower than analyst expectations.rn rnSri Lanka Telecom reported a group net profit […]

Dominant telecom operator Sri Lanka Telecom on Thursday, said its net profits picked up by 28 percent for year ending December 31, 2002.SLTs group net profit ended at Rs.2.69 bn, slightly up against previous years earnings of Rs.2.1 bn in 2001. rn rnRevenues were up 15 percent during the period to Rs. 25.4 bn from […]

The telecom regulator is wooing a fresh batch of consultants to come up with a new cost based interconnection framework.Applications for the post closed Sunday, with requests for extension of the deadline, which the regulator is now considering. rn rnThe new study will consider interconnection rates under a caller party pays regime, studying international models […]

The government announced final tariffs international gateway operators will have to pay local networks to terminate traffic.Under the agreement operators have agreed to a formula where by the fixed charge will decline rapidly over the next five years.rn rnAfter extensive talks the operators have also given written assurances to the government not to tie up […]

Soothing balm over the telecom industry, the government announced the final tariffs external gateway operators should pay local networks to terminate traffic.For the first year, external gateway operators or EGO have to pay US$ 0.11 or around Rs. 10.60 per minute on all international incoming calls terminating on local networks.rn rnldblquote The fixed charge will […]

Local telecom operators on Friday came up with firm rates to interconnect between networks until a new cost study is finalised in June.The telecom operators endash Sri Lanka Telecom, Suntel, Lanka Bell, Dialog, Mobitel, Celltel and Hutchison Telecom endash agreed on the final numbers after rejecting the telecom watchdogs draft proposals.rn rnThe draft recommends a […]

Ending days of cross talk, telecom operators on Saturday said they were firmly behind the governments liberalisation agenda, but had reservations on some parts of its policy.Telecom operators say they fully support multiple External Gateway Operators or EGOs entry, which will cut down international call prices through competition and maximised choice.rn rnIn a joint statement, […]