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ICTA to introduce high-tech contact tracing for pandemic control – Chairman de Silva

Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) will launch the new Stay Safe Digital Project on Mo...

November 6, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Mobitel offers 5G smartphone

Sri Lanka's Mobitel said it is offering a 5G smartphone which can be pre-ordered.

October 1, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata offers 5G smartphone

Sri Lanka's Dialog Axiata said it has launched a mid-range 5G smartphone, Huawei Nova 7 SE in several locations where th...

October 1, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka fintech start-ups seek funding in virtual pitch

Seven Sri Lanka fintech start-ups, which are developing applications for insurance, payments and credit products, are se...

September 15, 2020 4 min read
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

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

More payment gateways mooted to expand Sri Lanka e-commerce

Sri Lanka’s government could allow more payment gateways and reduce fees to expand electronic commerce, a draft r...

September 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka updating e-commerce consumer protection laws

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government will bring in new laws to update regulations to provide better protection...

September 6, 2018 2 min read

Dialog Axiata app development contest for Sri Lankan students

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s biggest mobile phone operator Dialog Axiata is launching an islandwide inter-sch...

September 4, 2018 1 min read

eChannelling online doctor appointments now in Sri Lankan district hospitals

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

August 21, 2018 1 min read

Dialog named fastest celco in Sri Lanka for 2018 first half

Dialog Axiata said it had been named the fastest mobile network for Sri Lanka by Ookla, which runs speed tests around th...

August 15, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Dialog Axiata net profits up 21-pct in June quarter

Profits at Dialog Axiata Plc, a wireless mobile and fixed operator grew 21 percent from a year earlier to 2.8 billion ru...

August 9, 2018 2 min read

Disrupt Asia 2018 to change Sri Lankan mindsets on innovation

ECONOMYNEXT - Disrupt Asia, a state-run annual tech conference, will be launching an Innovation Festival for the first t...

July 25, 2018 2 min read
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Sri Lanka tech chamber elects new board; skilled migration on agenda

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's tech industry body SLASSCOM has elected a new board and general council which will advocate fo...

July 9, 2018 2 min read

LSE Group opens new office in Sri Lankan capital

ECONOMYNEXT - London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has opened of a 30,000 square foot office in Sri Lanka, capable of hous...

June 1, 2018 1 min read

Create Lab becomes Sri Lanka SLASSCOM’s 200th member

ECONOMYNEXT – Create Lab, the local unit of the Singapore firm which develops educational programmes to train chi...

May 28, 2018 1 min read

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
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