Multi-party Call Conferencing from Lanka Bell

One of the telecomonication provider in Sri Lanka Lanka Bell offers multi party call conferencing facility to their cooperate clients. Users of any type of phone or network and even people using internet call applications can be brought into the conference call, the company announced this week.The system also has facilities to record the conference and email it and also to send a summary and details of the call.

Lanka Bell is offering cheapest call rates and their paying 0.50cents per minute every incoming call from overseas.The only wholly Sri Lankan owned company in the telecommunications sector, Lanka Bell is the largest CDMA ‘fixed line’ provider in the country with 1.2 million subscribers. The company was established in 1997.

Surly.. Tigo owner exit from Sri Lanka before 2010 Q1

Tigo owner Millicom decided to exit Sri Lanka and other Asian markets before 2010 Q1.  Millicom is the sole owner of Celltel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd known as Tigo Lanka. Tigo is the first mobile operator and formally known as Celltel. Mobitel and Tigo both claim to be the second largest but Mobitel is now moving rapidly with their highly respected "Upahara" package.


Indian State owned, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), UAE’s Etisalat, Malaysia’s Axiata Group and India’s Bharti are also said to be bidding to acquire Tigo Lanka. Axiata’s Dialog and Airtel already operate in Sri Lanka. Airtel winning the bid might sit better with the regulator since Axiata winning it would give Dialog an overwhelming position in the market.

SLT profits going down?

As SLT employers in finance section, SLT's profits going down drastically for the period of last six moths comparing to the same period 2008. In 2008 SLT gain their profits up to 3.1 billion rupees for the first six month period.

As we think this decline is due to heavy overseas and local investments and decline demand for the fixed wire line telephones. Very recently SLT invest new undersea fiber optical cable project and their own iptv called "PEO TV".

Peo TV is running with losses and expect to expand through out island dispute losses. SLT's 51% owned by Sri Lankan government.

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Court ordered surrender all possessions taken from the journalists

"Lanka Irida" journalist filed a motion in Morawaka court requesting court to make available their "media identity cards" and other things when they were arested in Deniyaya. Police says journalist were taking photos of presidents relative's sate without prior notice to the owner.

Morawaka District Judge Udesh Ranatunga considering the motion filed by the journalists severely reprimanded Deniyaya Police and ordered the police to surrender all possessions taken from the journalists to court.

"We don't want press council"-Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka

A public gathering to protest activation of the press council is schedule to take place in Colombo. Gathering is Organized by the Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association, the Media Workers Trade Unions’ Alliance, the Sri Lanka Muslim Journalists’ Association, the Sri Lanka Tamil Journalists’ Association, the Free Media Movement and the National Forum of Journalists, the gathering would voice its protest against the attempt to activate the Press Council, thereby thwarting the freedom of the press

But majority in Sri Lanka believe press council is must for controll undoings of media companies and journalists. Press council is a place where anyone can complain about injustices, harassment or any other wrong doing of media companies or journalist.

Bid for TIGO rejected

India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd last few days bid for buy Millicom's sri lankan (TIGO formerly CELLTELL) asset. But offer was rejected because of the low price offered by the Indian state-run firm.

"Yes, at the moment it has been rejected (because of the) least attractive price," said the source, who declined to be identified.

"But there is a chance that they may come back if other bids do not materialise."

BSNL chairman Kuldeep Goyal told to the repoters.

The UAE's Emirates Telecommunications Corp said on Monday it had bid for the Sri Lankan assets.

ICC Champions trophy from september 22nd

Full official time table- ICC Champions trophy September 22nd 2009

Group B - South Africa v Sri Lanka
Tuesday, September 22
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Group A - Pakistan v West Indies
Wednesday, September 23
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Group B - South Africa v New Zealand
Thursday, September 24
1:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Group B - England v Sri Lanka
Friday, September 25
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Group A - Australia v West Indies
Saturday, September 26
1:00 PM IND/SL Time
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Group A - India v Pakistan
Saturday, September 26
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Sunday, September 27
1:00 PM IND/SL Time
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Group B - South Africa v England
Sunday, September 27
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Group A - Australia v India
Monday, September 28
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Group B - England v New Zealand
Tuesday, September 29
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Group A - Australia v Pakistan
Wednesday, September 30
1:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

Group A - India v West Indies
Wednesday, September 30
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

1st Semi-Final - A1 v B2
Friday, October 2
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

2nd Semi-Final - A1 v B2
Friday, October 3
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Final
Monday, October 5
6:00 PM IND/SL Time
SuperSport Park, Centurion

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Finaly.... Mihinlanka win?

Mihin Lanka had succeeded in becoming a viable venture bringing its income in par with expenditure. The Ministry of Ports and Aviation Services is confident that it would become a leading viable company in future. A significant growth in the number of commuters seeking the services of Mihin Lanka was achieved by last month. The Ministry said seat reservations for the next three months had exceeded 90 percent. Minister Chamal Rajapaksa pointed out that the Government had been able to respond to charges made by political parties and groups that Mihin Lanka was continuously running at a loss.

Demonstrations against Channel 4

UK’s Channel Four had telecast a doctored video footage tarnishing Sri Lanka’s image and insulting the Security Forces. The demonstrators said Channel 4 should apologize to Sri Lanka. No one can be permitted to discredit Sri Lanka. Media personnel who participated in this demonstration pointed out that they cannot remain reticent on such pressure exerted by foreign TV stations.
This demonstration was organised by the Joint Free Media Organisation. The demonstrators took initiatives to hand over a petition to the British High Commission in Colombo. It was signed by a large group.

139 death threats? No media freedom in london? Where is this .........?????????

Journalist Janaka Alahapperuma who conducted a protest campaign in front of the English Channel 4 TV studios in UK for telecasting a doctored video footage tarnishing Sri Lanka's image has received several death threats, Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.

The Minister said journalist Alahapperuma had received 139 death threats so far which he had taped.

The Journalist had informed him that all these calls he received had been taped and on examination found that 26 of them originated from LTTE centres.

Government realy wants to punish channel 4 (UK)

Sri Lankan government relay wants to hit back to UK based tv station called channel four telecasting fake video which shows Sri Lankan army uniform men kill naked nine men.

"Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Mohan Peiris is due in UK tomorrow to explore the possibilities of taking legal action against British broadcaster Channel 4 for airing controversial video footage of alleged military killings of unarmed LTTE cadres" Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.

Minister futher says to dailymirror.lk "Attorney General would meet with the lawyers representing Sri Lanka and discuss with them the best legal way in which to proceed with the broadcaster. He said that the AG would also meet with the Press Complaints Commission in the UK with regards to this issue and seek redress."

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