Lakbima News

The new policy will regulate construction and locations of telecom towers as well as their use, including sharing by different companies Sri Lanka’s telecommunications regulator has drawn up a new policy that will regulate construction and use of transmission towers by mobile phone companies and radio and television stations.

The National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel showcased mobile Augmented Reality for the first time in Sri Lanka at the recently concluded Infotel 2011 Exhibition, Sri Lanka’s flagship ICT Expo organized by the Federation of Information Technology Industry of Sri Lanka (FITIS) in partnership with Ministry of Telecommunication and IT and ICTA.

T-Navi Private Limited, has developed the country’s first GPS (Global Positioning System) map locator for both vehicles and mobile phones. It is a new package in which a space-based network of radio navigation system satellites will assist motorists find directions and chart routes to any location countrywide.

Sri Lanka is one of the fastest growing IT markets in the region, states the Business Monitor International (BMI) of UK.

The Government and the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) will be fully committed to successfully implementing the five-year plan to reach the country’s goals, says ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) joins the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)  in  hosting the Future Gov Forum Sri Lanka ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) sources said.  

Top firms in the West especially the US have cut hiring or moved to a lower-tier pay system called outsourcing for many new associates. Also legal outsourcing companies grew steadily during the recession as corporations trimmed legal staffs, the industry was able to attract investors world over.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration is making arrangements to issue visas over the internet (Online) for the foreigners visiting Sri Lanka.

Over the last decade, businesses have continued to get more complex, and with it, the use of and reliance on business applications or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) has increased. The size of applications has grown in terms of providing support for new business processes as well as the depth of functionality.

Nawaloka Hospitals PLC in collaboration with the National Mobile Telecom Service Provider, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel announced the launch of Sri Lanka’s first mHealth Platform capable of delivering medical data over Mobitel network. The mHealth platform was unveiled at the opening of the latest state of the art 3 Tesla MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanner installed at Nawaloka Hospital premises by The Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Hon. D. M. Jayaratne and the First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa.

“On the 6th of August 1991, Tim Berners Lee launched the  internet and branded it the World Wide Web (www). Little did he know the change of behaviour that was to be unleashed to the world was going to be revolutionary. Today, a housewife can pay all her utility bills, order groceries required for the week  during her lunch break, all on her PC”

There are times you need to just stand still and take stock of your life. It was just that for me last week, during the Avurudhu holidays. If I look back at what has changed my life significantly in the years gone by, the most whirlwind revolution that had happened was way back in 1991 when Tim Berners Lee decided to turn the Internet into a publishing medium.

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the national Mobile Telecom Service Provider announced that it has signed a BOI agreement to trial and deploy a LTE (Long Term Evolution) Network for the first time in Sri Lanka. This will be part of the company’s network expansion project and will enable Mobitel to import/purchase (locally) project-related items free of customs duty.

Aptly themed, “The world sees opportunity in Sri Lanka,” the three-day conference organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) concluded yesterday, receiving an overwhelming response with nearly 1000 ranging from business leaders, CEOs, CFOs, functional directors, general managers, senior government officials, academics as well as consultants participating at the inauguration ceremony. The two days of technical sessions featured an eminent panel of paper presenters.
 

The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka (ICTA), will strengthen its relationship with EDEX Expo as a strategic partner for EXPO 2011, for the 4th consecutive time.
“Partnership with ICTA helped us to expand our outreach to mostly the rural youth through the Nenasala network,” said Kamal Abeysinghe, Chairman - EDEX.

All arrangements have been finalized for the Cyber Security Week (CSW) 2010 to be held in the first week of September, at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel.

Organised by the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT), a subsidiary of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), CSW 2010 will be a rare opportunity for awareness creation about cyber security issues.