Category: Technology

Expo Lanka expects to earn around US$ 3.6 mn or Rs. 360 mn during the first year of operating the call centre, based on 75 percent capacity utilisation for the service stations. rnrnThe text based customer inquiry centre for Microsoft and AOL with 35 service stations would be the first of a series of call […]

The telecom giant is looking at decentralizing more power to some of its key units and spinning off profitable operations like SLTnet. rnrnThilanga Sumapithapala told Lanka Business Online that SLT is looking at giving the consultancy to either Ernst & Young or PriceWaterhouseCoopers. rnrnldblquote We will see who [which consultant] will give us the best […]

Anura de Silva, iOnosphere quote s CEO told Lanka Business Online that the new buyers paid lquote a little over Rs. 500 mn for the company quote . rnrniOnosphere, began operations last July with a US$ 2.5 mn investment to provide high end internet services. A further US$ 1.5 mn was expected to come in […]

Interested operators will get a subsidy of Rs. 50,000 per payphone. rnAn individual operator will be entitled to the subsidy for a maximum of 25 payphones subject to a limit of 100 units per district. rnThis subsidy will be available across all 25 districts and will be available to all payphone operators, TRC quote s […]

The move comes after the government announced yesterday it was renegotiating SLT quote s management contract with Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (NTT) of Japan. rnrnldblquote The announcement is part of a plan to restructure SLT, dblquote Chairman Thilanga Sumathipala said. rnSLT loses its monopoly on local and international calls in August, and Sumathipala says, […]

A Microsoft spokesperson said they hoped that greater awareness would encourage computer users to consider purchasing original software.rn rnIn addition they feel that when companies like Microsoft take an interest in growing markets like Sri Lanka, it highlights the importance and advantages of using original software. rn rnldblquote Price would definitely be a factor and […]

iOnosphere, set up shop last July with a US$ 2.5 mn investment to provide high end internet services.A further US$ 1.5 mn was expected to come in during the next stage of the project. rnrnAnura de Silva, iOnosphere quote s CEO told Lanka Business Online that a number of local and foreign parties have expressed […]

SLT hops to test the viability of the system in the Slave Island before moving to other areas. rnrnThe Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) will give users a connection of up to 2 Mbps for uplink and 512 Kbps for downlink.rn

ldblquote Sri Lanka was chosen for the centre since a majority of the bank quote s IT developers/programmers in its Regional Centre in Dubai, are Sri Lankans, and some of these were seconded from the Sri Lankan operations, dblquote the bank said in a statement. Currently employing 18 people, the centre is expected to employ […]