Category: Technology

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, free software downloads and training. Microsoft and its partner organization would also support trading in Sinhalese and Tamil languages. Training literature would also be made available. A school […]

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 transfer centres that include free voice calls within the network. The deal includes supply communications services to technology institutes and research and development centres under the ministry, SLT […]

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 revenue per employee and return on capital employed. “The industry is based on knowledge workers and creates high paying jobs for educated youth. IT/BPO industry is […]

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 quarter of 2010, chief executive Mikael Grahne has said.“The disposal of our Asian assets is in progress and expression of interest have been received from a number of parties […]

July 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Millennium Information Technologies (MillenniumIT) said it has launched a super-fast trading platform based on Intel processors to help securities exchanges cope with increasing trading volumes.The statement by MillenniumIT, which provides software to the global capital markets industry, claimed the new product is the world’s fastest trading platform. “Today, […]

July 15, 2009 (LBO) – Aepona, a global provider of telecoms software products and services headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, said it has bought Valista, and will expand operations in Sri Lanka. It enables mobile and broadband operators to treat their network and informational assets as marketable resources that can be made available to third […]

July 14, 2009 (AFP) – A media rights organisation on Tuesday accused Sri Lankan authorities of blocking access to websites critical of the government and stifling dissent.The Paris-based Reporters without Borders, RSF, said Sri Lanka most recently blocked a site for reporting alleged incidents inside a camp for civilians displaced by the war with Tamil […]

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 concerns raised by its chairman Raman Roy were limited to certain processes.“We are in active discussions to move more processes to Sri Lanka and Quatrro continues to be a strong […]

July 09, 2009 (LBO) – Lanka Bell, a Sri Lankan wireless telecommunications operator, said its investment in an undersea fibre-optic cable had helped increase business and reduce rates.The company said in a statement the rapid expansion of the FLAG (Fiber-optic Link Around the Globe) high-speed submarine cable network has opened up new markets and opportunities […]

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 report said.Bloomberg news citing two people with knowledge on the deal said Millicom’s Cambodia operations may be offered 500 million US dollars. Bloomberg quoted Millicom chief financial […]

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 its Asian operations.Millicom has operations in Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Laos.By the end of the March quarter the firm said it had 4.5 million subscribers in Asia, generating a profit […]

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 Holdings, is not doing as well as anticipated.Revenues had fallen as the US recession took its toll on the auto and restaurant businesses which comprised the bulk of its […]