Mahinda holds discussions with Huawei Chairwoman
View(s):Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, during a recent visit to China, held discussions with Huawei Chairwoman Ms. Sun Yafang while attending the CICA conference in Shanghai.
“President Mahinda Rajapaksa appreciated the contribution from Huawei for all local ICT development initiatives and agreed with Huawei to hold further discussions on informationisation of the Sri Lankan Government,” the leading global ICT solutions provider, said in an announcement on Tuesday.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa with Huawei Chairwoman Ms. Sun Yafang in Shanghai, China.
Huawei, the largest telecom vendor in Sri Lanka, has been in operation for nearly a decade, officially launching its consumer device in June 2012, introducing economical smart phones to the Sri Lankan consumers, and entered into Enterprise business segment in January of 2014 diversifying in to the latest e-government solutions.
The statement said Huawei is supporting the delivery of the Sri Lanka national backbone through deploying a telecom network with faster Internet speed and quality voice communication. This project will enhance the e-Sri Lanka project in terms of providing access for communication and bridging the digital gap contributing to the informationisation of Sri Lanka.
Ms. Sun Yafang, Huawei Chairwoman said, “Sri Lanka, as one of the fast-growing economies in Asia, is an attractive business market. Huawei is willing to share the best practices of informationisation with Sri Lanka, applying the wealth of knowledge and ICT leadership amalgamated through many case studies followed by other growing economies”.
Huawei is currently in negotiation with local universities in the area of ICT training which will further help the younger generation to gain industry knowledge in technical support in a high value-added and competitive industry. “Expressing our goodwill and future focus, we have decided to donate three sets of e-education system with 50 Ascend X1 terminals as a learning tool for local schools for the development of ICT training programs and the future generations in line with the Government’s ICT development vision,” the statement said.