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Sri Lanka data protection authority directors appointed

President has appointed the board of directors for the Sri Lanka Personal Data Protection Authority

October 10, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka IT conference to attract investors for local companies

To attract potential investors for IT companies in Sri Lanka and achieve a target of 3 billion US dollars in IT exports

September 22, 2023 1 min read

All Sri Lanka's state sector transactions to be digitalized by March 31 - official

Sri Lanka has seen growth in digital economy since Covid-19, but not enough - experts

September 6, 2023 1 min read

Acuity Knowledge Partners to double Sri Lanka unit, strengthen university outreach

Acuity is looking to double Sri Lanka office to 1,000

July 28, 2023 3 min read
Skype killed from May, offers migration to Microsoft Teams

By logging in to Teams with a Skype account, chats and contacts will automatically appear

113-pct rise in hate speech following Sri Lanka parliamentary election

113% increase in harmful speech in November 2024, coinciding with the Sri Lankan parliamentary election held on 14 Novem

Sri Lanka's Interblocks bought by Japan's Hitachi-Omron

Interblocks Ltd, a Sri Lanka-based fintech firm, which develops online payment and automated teller technology is to be ...

August 2, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's PickMe acquires YAMU to expand food delivery

PickMe, a Sri Lankan homegrown ride-hailing app which recently ventured into food delivery, said that it has acquired Ya...

August 1, 2019 2 min read

Edotco Malaysia to deploy 1000 lamp pole towers in Sri Lanka

Edotco Lanka, a telecom tower affiliate of Malaysia's Axiata group is investing in a 'smart pole' network which will pro...

July 17, 2019 1 min read

Amazon Web Services to help train 50,000 Sri Lankans in AI, cloud computing

ECONOMYNEXT – AWS Educate, a unit of Amazon Web Services (AWS), will help train 50,0000 Sri Lankan students in cl...

July 8, 2019 1 min read

Red tape, regulations stumbling blocks for Sri Lanka startups

Bureaucratic red tape and regulatory barriers are hampering Sri Lankan startups, according to a survey carried out by th...

July 6, 2019 3 min read

Johannesburg Stock Exchange upgraded with LSEG technology

South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange has been upgrade with London Stock Exchange group platforms to trade equity, ...

June 14, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s eChannelling AI-based ‘Chatbot’ for doctor appointments

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka’s eChannelling in collaboration with France’s Autochatic has introduced an Artifici...

June 13, 2019 1 min read

Telegram hit by cyber-attack, CEO points to HK protests, China

Encrypted messaging service Telegram suffered a major cyber-attack that appeared to originate from China, the company's ...

June 13, 2019 3 min read

Fall army moth repellent LED researched in Sri Lanka by Japan's Tosslec

Kyoto, Japan based Tosslec Company Ltd is developing an agricultural light at its unit in Sri Lanka to repel the adult o...

June 13, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom in deal with work.lk freelance site

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Telecom has tied up with work.lk in a deal that gives the freelance work platform access to the ...

May 27, 2019 2 min read
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Sri Lanka mobile phone network latency not good enough, survey finds

ECONOMYNEXT – Download speeds on Sri Lanka’s mobile phone networks are not bad compared with other countri...

May 27, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata stems voice revenue decline, data grows strongly

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s dominant mobile phone operator Dialog Axiata has said it managed to stem the fal...

May 27, 2019 2 min read

Affordability, need limit Sri Lanka smart phone ownership

ECONOMYNEXT- Most Sri Lankans do not own a mobile phone because they either cannot afford one or don’t need it, a...

May 24, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka e-commerce use still low, survey finds

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan internet users had the highest levels of awareness of e-commerce platforms but actual us...

May 23, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka mobile money use still low, survey finds

ECONOMYNEXT – Use of mobile phones to do financial transactions is still low in Sri Lanka, with the island among ...

May 22, 2019 1 min read

Huawei says existing Sri Lanka users could use Google apps, get updates

China's Huawei said existing smartphone users in Sri Lanka will continue to get support and would be able to download up...

May 20, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s eChannelling March net profit down 15-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – eChannelling, an online medical appointment business that was Sri Lanka's first listed dotcom, said...

May 15, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka ambulance service to cut response time with mobile app

ECONOMYNEXT- Suwa Seriya 1990, Sri Lanka's free state-owned ambulance service, will cut its response time by as much as ...

May 8, 2019 3 min read

Telenor and Dialog Axiata's parent in talks to merge Asian businesses

Norwegian telecom operator Telenor said Monday it has entered into talks with Malaysian telecoms group Axiata about a po...

May 6, 2019 2 min read

Automation seen displacing Sri Lanka retail sector workers

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s retail sector is likely to be badly hit by technology adoption that automates ma...

May 3, 2019 2 min read