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Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata hopes to hold prices despite rising costs

High inflation following a collapse of the currency has reduced real incomes of customers

January 27, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka tops google searches for 'Sex', Djibouti for 'Sexe'

However if a small country has a large number of a particular search interest, then the result can be amplified

December 12, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka IT industry group call for education, exchange controls on foreign firms

Want to end 'digital colonization' and tax breaks for foreign companies

November 23, 2022 2 min read

Global WhatsApp outage leaves users unable to communicate via instant message

According to reports, the issue was first notified at around 12:40pm in India.

October 25, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka Telecom to get new spectrum allocation: SOERU

The new spectrum allocation will in fact help increase the value of SLT significantly

Sri Lanka passes changes telecom law, allowing Starlink to be licensed

The new law will also provide a framework for to license and regulate cable landing stations

Rohan Samarajiva wins ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from Sri Lanka Telecom

ECONOMYNEXT - Rohan Samarajiva, founding chairperson of LIRNEasia, a think-tank, was awarded the Sri Lanka Telecom â€...

December 19, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s ComBank provides Mastercard online payment gateway to Daraz

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank said it has been appointed the Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) se...

December 6, 2018 1 min read

Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka Telecom to 'B' on sovereign downgrade

ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded Sri Lanka Telecom PLC's (SLT) Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Cur...

December 5, 2018 8 min read

Hutchison, Etisalat complete mobile networks merger in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s smaller mobile phone companies, Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Private) Lim...

December 4, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka computer, digital literacy up in 2017

Digital and computer literacy in Sri Lanka grew in 2017 from a year earlier with greater ownership of personal computers...

November 30, 2018 1 min read

Alipay, Dialog Axiata to give mobile cash to Chinese tourists in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Dialog Axiata has struck a partnership with China’s Alipay, the world’s largest mobil...

November 27, 2018 2 min read

Fitch confirms Sri Lanka Telecom at 'B+'/'AAA(lka)'

ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it has confirmed Sri Lanka Telecom's (SLT) Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency...

November 23, 2018 7 min read

IFS plans more investments in Sri Lanka, undeterred by uncertainty

ECONOMYNEXT- IFS, a Swedish ICT company with a majority of software development based in Sri Lanka, is planning major in...

November 9, 2018 2 min read

AI in education, training seen as big opportunity for Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education and training presents big opportunities for Sri La...

November 9, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s internet connections up 20-pct in first half of 2018: CBSL

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s internet connections were up 19.7 percent for the first half of 2018 to reach 6.6 milli...

November 2, 2018 1 min read
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Mitra Innovation to hire more people in Sri Lanka, expand overseas

ECONOMYNEXT - Mitra Innovation, a software developer and digital service provider with offices in Sri Lanka, aims to inc...

October 16, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s MillenniumIT becomes LSEG Technology

ECONOMYNEXT - MillenniumIT, a Sri Lanka-based unit of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), has announced it is changing i...

October 16, 2018 1 min read

Better regional infrastructure, rules, mooted at Sri Lanka e-commerce meeting

ECONOMYNEXT – South Asian countries need to improve their legal, financial, logistical and telecommunication infr...

October 15, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to ease e-payment restrictions by 2020

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is aiming to change laws so that international payments systems like PayPal could be used to rec...

October 5, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to get automated warehouse with Norwegian technology

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will set up an automated warehousing and packaging facility with robotics capabilities for fresh...

October 4, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka to fast-track visas for tech industry expansion

Sri Lanka is proposing to fast-track visas for migrant tech professionals amidst a talent crunch and changes to its high...

September 21, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka IT industry, universities in tie-up to train data scientists

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s information technology industry is working with universities produce graduates i...

September 18, 2018 3 min read

Data science, AI focus to achieve $5bn Sri Lanka IT export target

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s information technology industry will prioritise data science and artificial inte...

September 14, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s mobile phone, internet payments rise fast

ECONOMYNEXT – The volume and value of internet-based transcations in Sri Lanka rose sharply in the first quarter ...

September 11, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan firms told to comply with new EU online privacy rules

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan companies operating or doing online business in the European Union will have to comply w...

September 11, 2018 1 min read