Etisalat’s Sri Lankan operation begins

On 03.04.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: After acquiring 100% stake in Tigo mobile firm, UAE operator Etisalat has launched its operations in Colombo, Sri Lanka, targeting 1 million customers by the end of the year.  A subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular, Tigo was bought at an enterprise value of USD 207 million.

HSPA+ on the network is expected with a connectivity speed of 28 Mbps, on par with the company’s operations worldwide.

According to Etisalat Lanka CEO Dumindra Ratnayaka, within one year, the company will be rolling out 1,500 2G base stations and 500 3G base stations islandwide. Etisalat will be launching its coverage in Jaffna during the mini Infotel exhibitions scheduled to take place there on 26 February

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Airtel customers in Sri Lanka to appoint doctor on mobile

On 02.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Sri Lankan people can now book doctor’s appointment on phone if they are Airtel subscribers, both postpaid and prepaid. E-Channelling PLC, a Colombo Stock Exchange listed e-commerce Company powers the service on Airtel and it also powers a similar service on competing telco Dialog Telecom.

e-Channelling provides a centralized doctor’s appointment booking system for Sri Lanka’s private healthcare industry, allowing patients to book and pay for appointments via the Internet, mobile, banks and ICT centers called Nenasala on a single dial-in number, 225.

Nawaloka, Asiri Hospitals, Durdans, Apollo, Oasis, Ninewells, Park, Golden Key Eye and ENT, Ceymed and Royal Hospital in Colombo and Southern Hospital in Galle are some of the hospitals connected to e-Channelling and the average cost of an appointment is around Rs. 750

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Dialog Telecom launches 3g service in Colombo

On 08.15.06, In Mobile, By Editor

Telekom Malaysia-owned Sri Lankan operator Dialog Telekom has launched 3G services in
Colombo, following the assignment of spectrum from the regulator on 16 August. Three other mobile operators were assigned with 3G spectrum from the TRC. Dialog paid USD 5 million for the 10MHz of FDD Duplex spectrum and 5 MHz of TDD spectrum in the UMTS band. Dialog already operated a trial network consisting of 12 base stations in the city of
Colombo, with equipment being supplied by Alcatel, Ericsson and Huawei.

Source- TP

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