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Tata DoMoMo partners Gemalto for VAS

Tata DoCoMo and digital security player. Gemalto joined hands enabling the mobile service provider to offer range of value added services (VAS) in a simplified way.

[Sci/Tech] Ancient Greenland gene map has a surprise

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have sequenced the DNA from four frozen hairs of a Greenlander who died 4,000 years ago in a study they say takes genetic technology into several new realms....
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[Sci/Tech] Dialog TV to implement DVB-T network Nimbra platform

Stockholm, Sweden - Net Insight, leading developer of efficient and scalable optical transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, has received an order from Dialog Telekom for a Digital Terrestrial TV network in Sri Lanka. ...
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[Sci/Tech] Dialog delivers first hspa+ 28.8mbps customer experience at future world

Sri Lanka's flagship telecom service provider, Dialog Telekom, announced the advancing of its HSPA+ testing programme to the exposition of a live customer experience at its Future World service centre. ...
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[Sci/Tech] TRC to allocate additional WiMAX, LTE spectrum next month, regulator source says

According to sources at the regulator quoted by the Business Times, Sri Lanka’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRC) plans to allocate frequencies for Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband services alongside additional WiMAX frequencies next month. ...
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[Sci/Tech] TRC to dish out LTE, Digital TV and WiMax frequencies next month

Sri Lanka’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRC) is gearing to allocate frequencies on LTE (Long Term Evolution) which is a next generation mobile wireless broadband technology that will enable operators to offer wireless broadband services at affordable prices along with Digital TV and WiMax, according to TRC sources. ...
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[Sci/Tech] Sri Lanka seeks to put satellite in orbit for US$150mn

Sri Lanka is planning a space project with a British firm in a 150 million US dollar deal that could see a satellite launched into a geo-stationary orbit above the island in 30-months, an official said....
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[Sci/Tech] Regulator to award fibre backbone contract by April

Sri Lanka's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) will award a contract to build and operate a high speed fibre-optic backbone on the island by April, with ...
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[Sci/Tech] Mobitel tests 28Mbps HSPA+

Sri Lankan mobile operator Mobitel, a subsidiary of wireline incumbent Sri Lanka Telecom, has completed successful tests of HSPA+ technology with the capability to deliver ...
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Over 10,000 LTTE men in custody

The government claimed that over 10,000 LTTE suspects are currently being held under the state of Emergency which was extended by another month yesterday at parliament.

Shiral Laktilleke Grilled By TID

Colombo District UNP candidate Shiral Laktilleke is being questioned by the TID since 9.30 am this morning (10th), concerning his support for General Sarath Fonseka during the Presidential Election.

Sri Lanka asylum seekers in limbo

For more than five months a group of nearly 240 Sri Lankan asylum seekers have been stranded in an Indonesian port.

CID to trace Dhanuna through ISP

The CID informed the Colombo Court Magistrate today that it had obtained the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used by Dhanuna Thilakaranthna and were trying to trace his whereabouts through this information.

King's Men After Hashan

It is reported that an attempt is being made to arrest UNP Member for Western PC and former national cricketer Hashan Tillekeratne alleging that he had given protection to Danuna Tillekeratne, son-in-law of Gen. Sarath Fosneka.

Army prepares summary of evidence

The summary of evidence against General Sarath Fonseka will be prepared by the army and handed over to Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya next week, Military Spokesperson Major General Prasad Samarasingha said.

German police arrest six Tamil separatists

German police have arrested six leading Tamil separatists, the federal prosecution agency said Friday.

Police begin removing posters

The police are currently carrying out an islandwide campaign to remove all political posters, banners and cut outs following a directive issued by the Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayaka, Head of the Police Elections Desk, DIG Gamini Navaratne said.

Six Chinese aircraft to be purchased for the Air Force on a high interest commercial loan

A senior official at the Aviation Ministry said that the government has decided to purchase six Xian MA-60 aircraft for the Sri Lanka Air Force.

LTTE may seek asylum in UK

The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan has said that some LTTE leaders in the guise of asylum seekers could take refuge in the UK which could pose a grave threat to regional as well as global peace.
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