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Sri Lanka Telecom profits double in June 2020 quarter

Profits at Sri Lanka Telecom Plc, which also has a mobile unit doubled to 2.8 billion rupees in the June 2020 quarter fr...

August 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Angel Fund says seeking early-stage Post-Covid start-ups

The Angel Fund, start-up fund which has collected 100 million rupees says it is looking for innovative early-stage entit...

August 11, 2020 2 min read

Arjuna Nanayakkara to head London Stock Exchange tech centre in Sri Lanka

London Stock Exchange Group said it had appointed Arjuna Nanayakkara who has a background in information technology and ...

July 21, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom to roll out 200,000 optical fibre links with Nokia tech

Sri Lanka telecom will boost its capacity for optical fibre to the home (FTTH) connections by 200,000 from the current 3...

July 16, 2020 2 min read
Indian journalists targeted with spyware

Implications of surveillance practices are pertinent, as Sri Lanka is in the process of implementing SL-UID program

Sri Lanka to roll out disaster warning system through telephones

Involving the DMC, TRC and service providers including SLT Mobitel, Hutch, Dialog and Airtel.

LSE's MillenniumIT to fix issues at global stock exchanges from Sri Lanka

MillenniumIT, a unit of the London Stock Exchange that provides securities trading software said an operations centre ha...

October 11, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka in Facebook Messenger app launch

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3(Reuters) - Facebook Inc launched a stripped down version of its popular Messenger app for emerging ...

October 3, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom launches ‘Digital Excellence Awards’

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has launched its ‘Digital Excellence Awards’ to recognise initiatives...

September 28, 2016 2 min read

Seven firms short-listed in Sri Lanka digital ID tender

ECONOMYNEXT – Seven international companies have been shortlisted to supply Sri Lankans with a digital identifica...

September 20, 2016 1 min read

Google to resume Sri Lanka balloon trials in November

Google will resume trial balloon flights in Sri Lankan under its Project Loon aerial wireless network in November, Minis...

September 15, 2016 2 min read

SriLankan Airlines call centre to be run by Malaysia's Scicom

State-run SriLankan Airlines said its global call centre has been upgraded, with operations being handed over to Scicom,...

September 7, 2016 1 min read

General Electric buys Sri Lanka linked ShipXpress

GE Transporation, a unit of US-based General Electric Group dealing in rail and transport, said it had acquired ShipXpre...

August 31, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Janashakthi calls budding app developers with million rupee prize

Sri Lanka Janashakthi Insurance Plc is offering a million rupee prize for young developers who can come up with apps tha...

August 19, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata June net up 20-pct, 11 mn subscribers

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata said June 2016 quarter profit rose almost 20 percent to Rs2.3 billio...

August 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka approves national payment platform for digital commerce

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the setting up of a National Payments Platform...

July 13, 2016 2 min read
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BOV Capital to fund outward looking Sri Lanka tech startups

BOV Capital, a venture capital fund based in Singapore and Sri Lanka is looking to fund technology startups that are exp...

July 12, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dialog upgrades disaster warning network to send localised alerts

Dialog Axiata has improved its disaster early warning system to send localised message alerts by mobile phone to only wa...

July 8, 2016 2 min read

Indian ticketing firm Bigtree said eyeing Sri Lanka entry

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Prominent U.S. investors including Stripes Group have taken part in an $80 million funding r...

July 7, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata boss feted at Asian Mobile Industry Awards

Hans Wijayasuriya, head of Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata group has been recognized for his 'Outstanding Contribution to Asia...

July 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog launches Voice over LTE

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata Plc said that its fourth generation fixed and mobile networks have been enabled with Voice ove...

June 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog claims reaching Internet speed of 1 Gbps

Dialog Axiata, a Colombo based telecommuniations firm, announced successfully achieving download speeds of up to 1 Gbps ...

June 18, 2016 2 min read

Rocket Internet's sales growth slows as it seeks to stem losses

Shares in German ecommerce investor Rocket Internet slid on Tuesday after it reported that revenue growth slowed sharply...

May 31, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka taps Siemens for 'smart city' technology

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's ministry charged with making the Western Province around the capital, Colombo into a 'Megapoli...

May 30, 2016 1 min read

Fitch confirms Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata at 'AAA(lka)'

ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings has confirmed Sri Lankan telecom company Dialog Axiata PLC's 'AAA (lka)' National Lon...

May 23, 2016 5 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom March net up 2.5-pct

ECONONYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka Telecom, group which has wireline and a mobile services, rose 2.5 percent to 1.72 bil...

May 16, 2016 1 min read