Category: Technology

Apr 17, 2010 (LBO) – Use of wireline phones, supplied only by the listed Sri Lanka Telecom, a former state monopoly, is on the decline, with subscribers shifting to mobile phones, the latest official data showed. The number of mobile connections increased by 25.9 percent to 13.9 million in 2009 from the year before, while […]

Apr 16, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s dominant wireless operator Dialog Telekom intends to change its name to Dialog Axiata, following the renaming of its Malsyaian parent firm, a stock exchange filing said. Dialog Telekom said the name change is subject to approvals from shareholders and the company registrar. The proposed name “will accurately reflect […]

Apr 17, 2010 (LBO) – Use of wireline phones, supplied only by the listed Sri Lanka Telecom, a former state monopoly, is on the decline, with subscribers shifting to mobile phones, the latest official data showed. The number of mobile connections increased by 25.9 percent to 13.9 million in 2009 from the year before, while […]

Apr 07, 2010 (LBO) – India’s MphasiS has received concessions for its outsourcing unit in the island which will employ 500 people, Sri Lanka’s state investment promotion agency said in a statement. Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment said a deal was inked between BOI chief Dhammika Perera and MphasiS Lanka Limited director M G Raghuraman […]

Apr 05, 2010 (LBO) – Webguru’s International, a Dutch software company, has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka’s investment promotion agency to set up a company to develop software in the island, a statement said. The Board of Investment statement said the firm will invest 155,000 US dollars to set up the software development company […]

Apr 01, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s police have raided a company suspected to be using pirated and unlicensed software, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) which represents software firms said. The company is suspected to be infringing the intellectual property rights of BSA members, Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft, it said in a statement. The raids […]

Mar 27, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Television (DTV) is opening sports content for advertising targeting affluent consumers and forecasts a sharp rise in subscribers by year-end, a senior official said. “It’s truly an alternative to mainstream media and helps you to reach groups with deeper pockets more cost-effectively. “From April 1 new channels […]

Mar 23, 2010 (LBO) – The United States has given 750 scholarships to youth in Sri Lanka’s former war zone in the north and east to help them find jobs, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) said. It said in a statement it recently awarded 500 scholarships in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to […]

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2010 (AFP) – The adult entertainment industry is going to have to wait a while longer to see whether it gets its . XXX domain name. The board of ICANN, the international regulatory body for Web addresses, on Friday delayed a decision until June on whether to create the . XXX domain. […]

March 05, 2010 (LBO) – Etisalat’s new Sri Lankan mobile subsidiary is in talks with banks to offer financial services on mobile phones, such as money transfers for migrant workers in the Middle East, a senior company official said. Riyaaz Rasheed deputy chief executive of Etisalat Lanka said the mobile operator is seeking to tie-up […]

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2010 (AFP) – The Internet has become the third most popular news platform for American adults, trailing only local and national television stations, according to a survey released on Monday. Seventy-eight percent of the 2,259 adults surveyed for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence […]

SAN FRANCISCO, February 28, 2010 (AFP) – US national security leaders and top cyber warriors from around the world are gathering here to plot defenses against criminals and spies that increasingly plague the Internet. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and White House Cyber Security Coordinator Howard Schmidt will take part in this week’s RSA conference […]