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Fitch expects Sri Lanka Airtel unit to seek M&A

Fitch Ratings said it expected Airtel Lanka, a unit of India's Bharti Airtel to seek mergers and acquisition deal as the...

March 16, 2021 1 min read

LSEG completes acquisition of Refinitiv

London Stock Exchange group said it had completed the acquisition of Refinitiv, a data analytics group in a stock offer....

March 9, 2021 1 min read

Broadband drives growth at Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata the island's top mobile operator, has seen double digit growth in its broadband unit as mobile...

February 28, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dialog Axiata net up 41-pt despite soft-peg losses

Profits at Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata grew 41 percent to 3.4 billion rupees despite a foreign exchange losses as the isla...

February 20, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s copyright laws need to be updated for artificial intelligence: Lawyers

Sri Lanka’s Intellectual Property Act needs revisions to recognize creations by artificial intelligence

Dubai based QX Lab launches AI tool with Sinhalese and Tamil interface

Dubai based QX Lab AI has lauched an artificial intelligence platform which can be used in Sinhala and Tamil

Sri Lanka's Dialog phone numbers down

Many numbers at Sri Lanka's Dialog network are not contactable, customers said, while the firm's helpline also could not...

September 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Capital Alliance powered by Oracle, Millennium IT

Sri Lanka's Capital Alliance Limited (CAL), an investment banking group, has rolled out a cloud-based system that will a...

September 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan medtech start-up raises US$1mn in seed funding: report

ECONOMYNEXT – A Sri Lankan startup with an app that connects patients with doctors via smartphone video calls has...

September 18, 2017 3 min read

Researcher from Sri Lanka's LIRNEAsia to chair ITU expert session

Shazna Zuhyle, a researcher from Colombo-based LIRNEAsia, a regional policy research body will chair an International Te...

September 5, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan developers on Google Launchpad Accelerator

ECONOMYNEXT - Google opened its Launchpad Accelerator to Sri Lanka on 31 August with the aim of providing an opportunity...

September 1, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata says trials 5G in South Asia first

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata, the island's largest mobile operator said it had demonstrated 5th generation mobile telephony...

August 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka central bank accuses ICTA of stonewalling on NPP

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s central bank said it supports digital payment systems while ensuring transactions secur...

August 16, 2017 7 min read

LSEG Sri Lanka wins group awards

London Stock Exchange's Sri Lanka tech units, MillenniumIT and a technology hub, have won two top group awards, the firm...

August 10, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog net up 2.5-pct in June

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata Plc said net profits rose 2.5 percent to 2.34 billion rupees in the June 2017 quarter from a y...

August 9, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom sets up unit to manage cable depot

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has announced it has set up a new company in a joint venture with Singapore�...

July 28, 2017 1 min read
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Two top 'dark web' markets shut down, admins arrested

On Thursday, US and European police announced the shutdown of two huge "dark web" marketplaces that allowed the anonymou...

July 21, 2017 3 min read

American innovation expert supports Sri Lankan IT entrepreneurs

ECONOMYNEXT – Cheryl Edison, an American innovation expert, visited Sri Lanka recently to advice information tech...

July 12, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka aims to join global zero-duty IT trade pact

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has begun work on joining the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), a global trade pact that s...

July 12, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's State TV revenues contract, losses widen in 2016

ECONOMYNEXT - Revenues at Sri Lanka's State-run Independent Television Network plunged 27 percent in 2016 to 1,885 milli...

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June 29, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom field tests LTE-Advanced Pro

Sri Lanka Telecom, which has fixed and wireless networks said it had successfully tested LTE-Advanced Pro technology whi...

June 11, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s govt urged to enforce e-signatures to break corrupt bureaucracy

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has been urged to issue guidelines to all agencies to accept e-signat...

May 29, 2017 3 min read

U.S. govt funding seen key to start-up success

Raleigh-Durham, USA (ECONOMYNEXT) – A little-known American grant programme for research has been critical for th...

May 25, 2017 4 min read

Inter-agency cyber security effort mooted for Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – A national cyber security strategy and a collaborative inter-agency effort and implementation mecha...

May 22, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan developer community thriving, next phase IoT, says Dialog Axiata

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata says its support for the local developer community has helped crea...

May 19, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka govt urged to lift restrictions on electronic bidding

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has been urged to lift restrictions on electronic bidding, accept e-s...

May 19, 2017 2 min read