Telco Scout
July 30, 2009 (LBO) - Emirates Telecommunications Corporation or Etisalat is scouting for investment opportunities in Sri Lanka's fast growing telecom sector …
Technology
Wire Drop
July 29, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's wireline telephone connections dropped by 60,000 to 876,064 in the first quarter of 2009, the latest official data showed, …
Cost Model
July 29, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan unit of Bharti Airtel, which entered the island in January triggering a price war, says it is confident of making …
Million Mark
July 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Bharti Airtel has exceeded one million customers and the firm is rolling out its network in the east of the island, following …
Tech Venture
July 25, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence had formed a company to develop hotel sector software, California Software Company Limited (Calsoft), a Bombay …
Northern Link
July 24, 2009 (LBO) - Lanka Bell, a Sri Lankan wireless fixed access telco said it had connected the northern Jaffna peninsular to its network, opening a new …
Gamata IT
July 24, 2009 (LBO) - Microsoft Sri Lanka said it had begun a drive to make information technology popular in rural areas, with a local language interface, …
Easy Chats
July 24, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Telecom said it won a contract to provide communications to the island's Ministry of Science and Technology and 300 technology …
Knowledge Work
July 24, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's software industry said a survey of export earnings indicates it had grown rapidly in a short period and had high levels of …
Target Date
July 22, 2009 (LBO) - Millicom International Cellular, the parent of Sri Lanka's Tigo celco, would complete the sale of its Asian operations by the first …
High Velocity
July 20, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Millennium Information Technologies (MillenniumIT) said it has launched a super-fast trading platform based on Intel …
Network Move
July 15, 2009 (LBO) - Aepona, a global provider of telecoms software products and services headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, said it has bought …
Cyber War
July 14, 2009 (AFP) - A media rights organisation on Tuesday accused Sri Lankan authorities of blocking access to websites critical of the government and …
Outsourcing
July 13, 2009 (LBO) - India's Quatrro BPO Solutions said it is considering moving more business process outsourcing work to Sri Lanka and that productivity …
Submarine Links
July 09, 2009 (LBO) - Lanka Bell, a Sri Lankan wireless telecommunications operator, said its investment in an undersea fibre-optic cable had helped increase …
Tele Targets
July 7, 2009 (LBO) - Axiata, the parent of Dialog Telekom may offer 200 million US dollars for the Sri Lanka unit of Millicom International Cellullar, a media …
Tele Sale
July 2, 2009 (LBO) - Millicom International Cellular, the parent of Sri Lanka's Tigo mobile network, said several buyers have expressed interest in taking over …
Half Speed
July 02, 2009 (LBO) - Raman Roy, chairman of India's Quatrro BPO Solutions, said their Sri Lanka business process outsourcing unit, a tie-up with John Keells …
Software Support
June 26, 2009 (LBO) - A microfinance software application developed by two Sri Lankan university students has been selected as one of the six finalists to …
Outsourced Skills
June 25, 2009 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan accountants' body and the software industry said they have joined hands to promote the island as a business processing …