Sri Lanka reelected to UNESCAP’s ICT Committee chairmanship
Sri Lanka bagged UNESCAP’s ICT Committee chairmanship again at a UNESCAP meeting held in Bangkok recently. The ESCAP member countries unanimously passed a proposal requesting President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga to continue as chairman of UNESCAP’s Committee on Information and Communication Technology for another two years. Read More
Microsoft ‘Gamata IT’, ‘Tharunayata Hetak’ take ICT to the village
Microsoft Sri Lanka continues in their quest of taking ICT to rural communities under its Gamata IT programme with the latest town storming activity taking place in Beliatta, Hambantota. The Beliatta chapter of the Gamata IT campaign is a collaboration between Microsoft Sri Lanka, the Tharunayata Hetak movement, ICTA, the Ministry of Education and Singer Sri Lanka. Read More
Mobitel powers ICT-Enabled nation
In 2005, the government, under the visionary leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared the importance of the role of ICT in Sri Lanka’s future development. The recognition of ICT as a driver in economic development by the President precedes his term in office as President, when as Prime Minister he nurtured and propagated the Nenasala concept. The seriousness of that commitment was reflected by the inclusion of ICT in the Mahinda Chinthana. This was followed by a greater level of infocom adoption by the government. Read More
SLIIT Web the ‘most favourite Sri Lankan English website
The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) has garnered recognition as the ‘Most Favourite Sri Lankan English Website 2010’, ousting over 8,000 LK domains to clinch the top spot in this category. The competition for ‘The Most Favourite Sri Lankan Website Award’, organised by LK domain registry and hosted for the second consecutive year, saw web contenders vying for the top spot in vernacular and English language categories, the awards ceremony of which was held recently at the Jubilee Room, Galle Face Hotel. Read More
Etisalat and hSenid Mobile launch AppZone mobile application store
Etisalat and hSenid Mobile announced the commercialisation of their breakthrough Mobile Application Eco-System ‘AppZone,’ enabling all Etisalat users to download applications that are useful and important for them in day-to-day information sourcing and entertainment. The AppZone portal that was launched in June initially to local developers to start developing mobile phone applications, is now accessible for commercial purposes. Read More