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Sri Lanka SME's using ICTs get double the profits, information gulf blocks wider use: LirneAsia

Small and medium enterprises in Sri Lanka can grow their businesses and make more profits by connecting to the internet...

July 5, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka's start-ups slammed by Coronavirus, seeking help

Sri Lanka's start-ups have been badly hit by Coronavirus, with the sector generally not getting support from banks indus...

June 24, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka’s tech firm gets Microsoft's AI grant for healthcare app

Microsoft said it will give a grant to Sri Lanka based Fortude, a technology firm for developing an application dealing ...

June 23, 2020 2 min read

India's HCL Technologies looks to hire 1,500 into Sri Lanka unit amid Covid-19

India based HCL Technologies, an information technology (IT) service and engineering group which is entering Sri Lanka a...

June 17, 2020 3 min read
Sri Lanka libraries go online with digitalisation

We need to move to artificial intelligence, but before that we need to be digitalised

Sri Lanka president asks private sector help to grow IT human capital

President asks for collaborative efforts between private sector and government to foster IT human capital

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
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Sri Lanka Dialog March quarter net profit up 35-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata PLC said group net profit for the March 2016 quarter rose 34.7 perce...

May 12, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka mobile internet use up 22-pct in 2015

ECONOMYNEXT – Mobile internet connections grew rapidly in 2015, supported by cheap prices and infrastructure impr...

May 10, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan founder of Lebara targets migrants with TV, cash services

LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Lebara, the mobile phone group often seen selling SIM cards to new arrivals at major railwa...

April 24, 2016 3 min read

Google balloon on ground demo in Sri Lanka on April 01

ECONOMYNEXT - Google's Loon balloons will be demonstrated on ground in Sigiriya in central Sri Lanka on April 01, an off...

March 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom in the red

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Telecom, the country's sold wireline operator, which has a mobile unit, has lost 383 million rup...

March 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Dialog, Asiri in health e-commerce deal

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata and Asiri Hospitals have entered into a joint venture agreement in...

February 24, 2016 1 min read

Global credit issuers approve Sri Lanka’s Epic security software

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Epic Technology Group said the top three international credit card issuers, Visa...

February 24, 2016 2 min read

Google loon to fill Sri Lanka coverage gaps, billed by existing operators

ECONOMYNEXT - Broadband internet from 'Google Loon' floating telecom transmitters will be available and billed through e...

February 23, 2016 3 min read

Google loon balloon over Sri Lanka in a controlled descent: official

ECONOMYNEXT - A 'google loon' airborne telecom mobile telecom transmitter was brought down in Sri Lanka's central hill c...

February 18, 2016 1 min read

Ebay targets more export sellers from Sri Lanka as volumes grow

ECONOMYNEXT - US-based Ebay said it had tied up with Sri Lanka's HelloCorp to bring in new sellers, as retail export sal...

February 18, 2016 3 min read