New Deal
May 18, 2007 (LBO) – A new deal between the buyer of Japan's NTT stake in Sri Lanka Telecom and the government is being hammered out in a way that will …
Technology
Tele Record
May 17, 2007 (LBO) – Telekom Malaysia sold a small part of its 87 percent stake in Dialog Telekom Thursday, driving turnover on the Colombo bourse to an …
Large Deal
May 16, 2007 (LBO) – Telekom Malaysia is planning to sell about seven percent of its share in its Sri Lankan subsidiary but would be buying into a rights …
High Status
May 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) said Tuesday it has received BOI status from the Board of Investment that would enable it to import and buy …
New Player
May 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Board of Investment Tuesday said it had given approval for India's largest publicly-listed telecom firm, Bharti Airtel, …
Tele Numbers II
May 9, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom, the country's largest fixed access operator saw after tax profits growing by 53 percent to 1.98 billion in the …
Still Trying
May 09, 2007 (LBO) -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan's largest phone company, said Wednesday it has still not sold its flagship investment in Sri Lanka …
Cyber Crime
May 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka on Tuesday enacted the Computer Crimes Bill introducing legislation which gives more power to law enforcement agencies …
Liquidity Search
May 04, 2007 (LBO) – Malaysia Telekom is looking to increase the liquidity of its Sri Lanka unit's stock, by selling down a small part of its majority …
Wireless Chase
May 04, 2007 (LBO) – The race to buy the fixed wireless operator Suntel has narrowed down to four contenders, with an Indian telecom firm expecting to …
Flat Chat
May 3, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top celco Dialog Telekom revenue grew 26 percent but consolidated profits remained flat in the March quarter as newly …
Be Prepared
April 30, 2007 (LBO) – Two Sri Lankan firms which are providing disaster recovery services for BPO firms in Sri Lanka are expanding and hunting for more …
Full Control
KUALA LUMPUR, April 30, 2007 (AFP) - Malaysia's largest mobile operator Maxis Communications said Monday that controlling shareholder, businessman Ananda …
Digital TV
April 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom has received government approval to start an internet based television service, the company said Thursday. Sri …
Mobile Channel
April 23, 2007 (LBO) – E-chanelling.com, Sri Lanka's only listed dot com which operates a service where doctors could be channeled online, says its …
Quick Copies
April 23, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan government secretariat has drastically cut delays from days to minutes in issuing important documents like birth, …
Mobile Capital
April 20, 2007 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, a unit of Malaysia Telekom, is raising 20.5 billion rupees from the capital market through an issue of ordinary …
Digital Gap
April 20, 2007 (LBO) –Sri Lanka would need 12,000 information technology (IT) sector workers over the next two years, but the country's educational …
Clock Speed
April 10, 2007 (LBO) – Panora Corporation, a Sri Lankan computer firm, opened a 1.2 billion rupee manufacturing plant in Colombo to boost production of …
Sales Push
April 09, 2007 (LBO) – Open source middleware company, WSO2 founded by a Sri Lankan, is ratcheting up its marketing efforts in the United States and …