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Sri Lanka starts tech park in Galle

The galle tech part is one of a series of five

February 18, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka technology centre opened by US-based RigServ

Strikes partnership to support Colombo University

February 5, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka based NCINGA boosts Fiji Telecom

Installed a core-transport network and data centre

December 19, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka online education goes to 85-pct of students, despite dissatisfaction: study

About 50 percent had live lessons

December 9, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka's Pick Me powers JumJum mobike app in Nepal

The app called JumJum (Let’s Go) will initially launch in Kathmandu

Sri Lanka BoI, Orion sign US$1.78mn deal to expand Orion Colombo, Orion Nest

Agreement with Board of Investment of Sri Lanka for US$1.78mn to expand Orion Colombo and Orion Nest

Sri Lanka’s Hemas invests in digital health start-ups

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan conglomerate Hemas Holdings is investing more money in technology start-ups as it seeks ...

May 28, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom, cellcos in US$200mn expansion; 4G drive

Sri Lanka's mobile and fixed access networks have been given approval to invest over 200 million dollars in network expa...

May 24, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hutch-Etisalat to push harder in data; competition reduced: Fitch

A planned merger of Sri Lanka's Etisalat and Hutchison mobile network will reduce competition and armed with more spectr...

May 1, 2018 2 min read

Hutchison, UAE's Etisalat to merge mobile networks in Sri Lanka

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

April 26, 2018 1 min read

Dialog Axiata lures more Sri Lankan hospitals to digital health platform

ECONOMYNEXT – Two more hospitals, Nawaloka Hospitals and Ceylon Hospitals (Durdans), have invested in Digital Hea...

April 26, 2018 2 min read

UNDP partners with Cisco, Citi to develop Sri Lankan youth entrepreneurship

ECONOMYNEXT - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka has partnered with the National Youth Service...

April 24, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata to grow FinTech business

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata has said it plans to expand digital financial services with its acqu...

April 23, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s eChannelling offers video medical consultations, drug delivery

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

April 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom sees data revenue growing, margins falling

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Telecom said broadband data will dominate revenue despite thinning margins and rising cap...

April 19, 2018 2 min read

Twitter down for many Sri Lanka users

Social media website twitter.com was down for users in Sri Lanka, amid reports that it is also down in many other countr...

April 17, 2018 1 min read
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Rohan Samarajiva to Chair new Sri Lanka ICT agency board

Rohan Samarajiva, a former telecom regulator and head of LirneAsia, a regional policy research body has been appointed c...

April 17, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka postal service ecommerce platform for small business

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run Department of Posts, known as Sri Lanka Post, aims to get 1,000 entrep...

April 9, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata retains AAA(lka) Fitch rating

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata has retained its AAA(lka)'/Stable Fitch rating given its market leadershi...

April 4, 2018 6 min read

Call for linking Sri Lanka’s mobile money transfer systems

ECONOMYNEXT – Greater co-ordination of Sri Lanka’s two mobile phone money transfer systems could help expa...

April 2, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog-backed fund invests in healthcare, insurance, media start-ups

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata said an investment fund backed by the group has invested in three online platforms dealing in ...

March 30, 2018 2 min read

Amazon Web in managed services deal with Sri Lanka’s Mitra Innovation

ECONOMYNEXT – Mitra Innovation, a software company with its research unit in Sri Lanka, is to launch managed serv...

March 28, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka aims for real-time data to guide policymaking

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government wants to adopt advanced information systems that can provide real-time da...

March 20, 2018 2 min read

Building an inclusive culture at LSEG Sri Lanka unit

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lanka unit of the London Stock Exchange Group has launched a diversity and inclusion progra...

March 20, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata invests in data centre joint venture

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata has formed a joint venture with a unit of St. Anthony’s group...

March 20, 2018 1 min read

UNP will not fight Sirisena over Sri Lanka censorship: minister

ECONOMYNEXT – The senior partner in Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition will not challenge President Maithripala ...

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March 14, 2018 2 min read