Mobile Doctors
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Airtel said appointments with doctors could be made through its network following a tie-up with the e-channelling. online …
Technology
Outsource Chances
Feb 03, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s software industry has launched a campaign to draw information technology and business process outsourcing work …
No Sale
Jan 15, 2010 (LBO) - Hutchison Telecom International's Sri Lanka unit will stay with the group, with new investments planned to increase coverage, while the …
Cyber Attack
WASHINGTON, January 15, 2010 (AFP) - Microsoft said Thursday that a security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser was used in cyberattacks which …
Listing Pressure
HONG KONG, January 8, 2010 (AFP) - Hong Kong ports-to-retail conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa on Friday offered to take its loss-making telecoms subsidiary …
Broadband Probe
Dec 30, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s telecom regulator has begun investigations on broadband speeds advertised by telcos after a private research study …
Slow Connections
Dec 29, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is the most uncertain market among South Asian countries for new telcos, while Pakistan has the most transparent process for …
Satellite Partners
Dec 22, 2009 (LBO) - Two Malaysian telecom firms have expressed interest in taking part in a communications satellite project promoted by Sri Lanka's telecom …
Lofty Idea
Dec 18, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is planning a space project with a British firm in a 150 million US dollar deal that could see a satellite launched into a …
Broad Speed
Dec 17, 2009 (LBO) - Mobitel, a unit of fixed access provider Sri Lanka Telecom said it has successfully tested and launched a high speed broad band technology …
Floor Connection
Dec 17, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is looking at setting an interconnection rate of around 60 cents a minute for mobile operators from February next year, the …
Fibre Net
Dec 16, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Telecom, Dialog Telekom, India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Sweden's Ericsson, are among the firms in the running to get a …
Capital Question
Dec 15, 2009 (LBO) - Capital investment in Sri Lanka's telecom infrastructure has plummeted amidst a price war and high taxation, which will crimp expansion in …
Farming Message
Dec 14, 2009 (LBO) – Mobile phone message services like one deployed by the financial news agency Reuters to over a million farmers in India, could help …
Knowledge Drive
Dec 11, 2009 (LBO) - Asia's drive towards a knowledge economy is being helped by expanding and cheaper telecoms but fresh evidence-based policy interventions …
Offshore Edge
Dec 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lankan, which is trying to attract more information technology outsource business, said a recent survey shows an increasing number of …
Expansion
Dec 10, 2009 (LBO) - Mphasis, an Indian outsourcing firm, is opening a centre in Colombo which will offer legal, finance and accounting services starting with …
Broad Spur
Dec 05, 2009 (LBO) – Faster, cheaper broadband access, the scaling up of pilot e-projects and skills development should be top priorities for Sri …
Digital Divide
Dec 04, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will have to lobby to retain funding for its e-Sri Lanka initiative, as the World Bank draws up a lending program for Sri …
Ideal Spectrum
Dec 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan telecommunications firms will begin unrolling WiMAX networks offering high-speed internet connections at lower cost in …