Sri Lanka Telecom, the number one integrated communications solution provider in the country held a Forum with the theme "Empowering the Public Service". The intention of the event was to further reinforce the communication giant's strong commitment to support public service in Sri Lanka and was attended by top ranking executives of state institutions.
As a vital part of SLT's strategy, the company will maintain its support towards the state institutions in their important task of rebuilding the national administrative and service infrastructure in the North and East. The company also aims to further facilitate its role in creating new business opportunities by addressing the necessary requirements in line with the current government drive to manage costs in all public sector institutions.
Ms. Leisha De Silva Chandrasena, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Telecom addressing the gathering at the forum hosted by SLT. |
Speaking on the significance of this, Mrs. Leisha De Silva Chandrasena, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Telecom said, "We have always had very close associations with state institutions and departments. As the national communications service provider in the island, we share the same ideology as you, of providing excellent service to the nation. We are extremely proud to offer our unwavering commitment to the development framework in the North and East. Solid communication infrastructure is integral to achieve accelerated growth as well as more equitable development in those regions. I am proud to say that our company is well poised to take up new challenges. SLT has made huge investments in building and maintaining island-wide infrastructure, which is Sri Lanka's communication backbone, and we will continue to fulfill all requirements, with the aim of having our customers and the nation as a whole, to reap those benefits for a long time to come."
SLT has a long history of reaching out to the state sector, which includes supporting the government's Lanka Government Network initiative, which connects 325 government offices in the Western, Central, Southern and Sabaragamuwa provinces via IP VPN under a single, unified network. SchoolNet, which was inititiated by the Government to facilitate dedicated Internet access to over 1000 schools and other educational institutes, has been provided through a network put in place by SLT. The Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN) is also a testimony to SLT's commitment in enhancing modern education in Sri Lanka. It has also been 'the' flag bearer of the ICT revolution in Sri Lanka, ensuring the provision of world class services through cutting edge technology to our customers. SLT Intelligent Solutions represent a range of integrated ICT solutions for state institutions and corporates, which encompasses data, voice, video and networking services, which are on par with international standards. A wide range of government organizations, multinational corporations in addition to retail customers have entrusted their total communication solutions to SLT, having recognized our services to be the most reliable and sophisticated in the island".
SLT has already introduced state-of-the-art technology to offer affordable products for the Government sector and its converged network of fixed, mobile and internet services has now capacitated towards providing a total communications solution for small and medium enterprises. Among the wide range of benefits with a SLT solution, are the direct cost saving for direct and inter-branch communication in addition to making operations smoother by enabling them to communicate between the head office and the regional, project and site offices. This will diversify the efficiency of both business and the country's economy.
Also in keeping with global trends, the corporate entity has transformed its network to have a focus on convergence based on an Internet Protocol (IP) platform. This is capable of providing multiple services such as voice, data, video and mobility on one network. SLT offers the latest IP based breakthrough communication service, which is designed to further empower productivity, profitability as well as increasing workforce mobility.
About Sri Lanka Telecom
Sri Lanka Telecom (www.slt.lk) is one of the country's most valuable blue chip companies with an annual turnover in excess of Rs 40 billion. SLT Group has a customer base of over four million including multinational corporations, large and small corporate, retail and domestic customers. Today SLT provides facilities and services: voice, data, video and mobile to its customers, which are unmatched in scope. These services range from domestic and international voice, advance data transmission services which include internet services on leased lines, broadband [on ADSL] and dial up, data circuits, frame relay solutions to IP services such as IP-VPN based on IP-MPLS technology, total corporate solutions of multiple services, satellite uplink services and mobile telephony through the fully owned subsidiary Mobitel.
With a view to making Sri Lanka a broadband island, SLT is in the process of introducing the necessary infrastructure in the form of NGN [Next Generation Networks] using optical fibre backbone and broadband services such as IMS, IPTV etc. SLT also provides high speed global connectivity to countries in the South Asian region through its investments in international submarine cables such as SMW3, SMW4, Bharat Lanka submarine cable system [between India and Sri Lanka] and Dhirragu-SLT submarine cable system [between Maldives Islands and Sri Lanka].
SLT Hong Kong Ltd fully owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom, fully geared to provide, services such as IP transit, IPVPN, IPLC and International voice traffic transit services to global telecom operators and corporates in Hong Kong. The future of tele-viewing has now being redefined in Sri Lanka with the addition of SLT PEO TV service through SLT VisionCom Private Limited, fully owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom. PEO TV, which is for Personalized Entertainment Option, using Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) technology has already made the paradigm shift for the first time in Sri Lanka with interactive TV options like, Rewind live TV, Time shift TV (TSTV), Video on demand (VoD), Web based internet applications….etc.SLT's intelligent solution.
SLT's intelligent solution is a fully integrated business communication solution which helps corporate customers in Sri Lanka to minimize their communication costs. SLT's IP/VPN solution is capable of carrying quality voice and mission critical data in a secure and reliable manner. It is the main service provided by SLT's island-wide broadband network via the IP-MPLS backbone to its valuable corporate customers.
The company's broadband internet provides access to SLTnet, the largest ISP in the country, having more than 3Gbps international internet backbone, with multiple access to global internet networks. SLTnet caters to the entire community, offering the best customized packages. SLT has been awarded the highest international information security standards, BS 7799 / ISO 27001 certification for its island-wide broadband network operations services including MPLS based IP/VPN services, ADSL services, Business DSL services and ISDN services.Photo caption: Ms. Leisha De Silva Chandrasena, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Telecom addressing the gathering at the forum hosted by SLT. |
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