Lanka Media Outlook

World’s newest wireless broadband technology (LTE) from Dialog

2010-01-01T21:58:00.003+05:30

Sri Lanka’s one of the leading mobile operators Dialog is going to introduce LTE technology to Sri Lanka which is the world’s newest next generation mobile (wireless) broadband technology.It's called 4G which can transmit 28.8MB/s. However this may take time due to limited frequencies.

But Telecomm regulation commition is going to allocate frequencies to the operators form this month. Dialog recently surprise their customers and there will be more. We can assure that mobile broadband is going to boom in near future.

PEO Tv for Central and Southern Provinces

2009-11-17T17:37:00.000+05:30

PEO TV is going to expand their services threw out the country starting from southern and central provinces. PEO TV is fully own subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom, Who is the leading telecom services provider in Sri Lanka. Viewers in Kandy, Galle, Matara, will benefit with this move. Peo Tv services are improving day by day but customer base is very small (about 8000 subscribers). Customer base is not expanding as they expect but now they are caring out promotion to such as "special package for war heroes" to expand their customer base. SLT Peo tv is expect to finish expansion program within three months.

British nationals to get welcome SMS from Mobitel

2009-11-16T23:53:00.000+05:30

The British High Commission in Colombo has sing an agreement with Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel to send a welcome SMS message to British nationals visiting Sri Lanka. This welcome message will be sent to travellers on their arrival from Britain. It will contain contact details for the British High Commission in Colombo, enabling travellers to rapidly make contact with High Commission staff in case of need, the High Commission said in a statement.

Dialog's net loss continue... fifth straight quarterly net loss - 2008/2009

2009-11-15T11:50:00.000+05:30

Sri lankan's largest mobile phone operator Dialog telecom announce it's fifth strait quarterly net loss for the third quarter. Financial experts expect dialog telecom to continue it's lost further.

Main contributers for dialog Telecom's loss is dialog Tv and Dialog broadband. These two subsidiaries not even expect to make profit next year.

The company, a unit of Malaysia's Axiata, said on Monday it lost 438.9 million Sri Lankan rupees ($3.83 million) in the quarter ended Sept. 30, as profit remained elusive at its broadband and TV operations and margins were squeezed by fierce competition.

Currently Five mobile phone service providers operate in Sri Lanka with a 20 million population and over 60 percent mobile penetration.

Prime Tv, Prime radio on air

2009-11-15T10:00:00.000+05:30

The launch took place at the auspicious time with the blessings of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The President said he is glad that ITN is launching Prime TV and Prime Radio with a truly Sri Lankan identity. He said he is aware that its wide choice of programmes will lay emphasis on Sri Lanka as well as focus more closely on the Asian region with its rich cultural diversity.
The two Channels have been launched with the purpose of bridging the gap between the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic diversity in the Sri Lankan society. This brings a fresh outlook and reform to the English media experience in Sri Lanka. With the new launch, ITN now carries out transmissions of six Channels in the Sinhala, Tamil and English languages. Vasantham Radio and Vasantham TV, the Tamil Channels have won the hearts of the Tamil audience. ITN and Lakhanda Radio have turned out to be the leading media institutions due to the novel presentations.

Mobitel introduce "Zoom 1290"

2009-11-02T15:41:00.000+05:30

Mobitel introduce "Zoom 1290" great mobile broadband package for just 1290/= and with 8GB capacity. It's realy fast. Package description describe download speed as 3.6Mbps but it has more than 1.5Mbps for sure at peak times. As our knowledge this is the greatest package for mobile broadband.

Post Paid Packages Zoom 890 Zoom 1290

Subscription (Rs) 890/-1290/-
Free Data Bundle 4 GB 8 GB
Downlink Speed Up to 1 Mbps3.6 Mbps
Uplink Speed Up to 1 Mbps 1.98 Mbps
Excess Usage Charge Rs. 2 for a block of 10 MB Rs 1.50 for a block of 10 MB
Price Capped at (Rs.) 7500/- 7500/-
Connection Fee (Rs.) 500/- 500/-
Deposit (Rs.) 1,500/- 2,000/-

Tigo change name and Start 3G

2009-11-02T15:16:00.000+05:30

Tigo is the third largest mobile operator in Sri Lanka recently brought by Etisalat (Emirates telecommunication corporation(ETC)) for US$ 209 millions. Very next day after completing transaction ETC completely paid off all loans which have took by Tigo.

Tigo name will surly change but at the moment we are not sure what sort of name is it goin promote. They are starting 3G service from next January and expects rate will go down further. ETC plans to introduce very low tariff scheme for mobile broadbrad.

Swarnavahini's next owner ?? President's friend?

2009-10-23T05:03:00.001+05:30

Swarnavahini, One of the most populor sinhala medium channel is going to sell for 4000 million. As lankaenews reports buyer is very good friend of the president. As our source person who called Mr. Hulugalle is discussing with EAP group.

Swarnavahini telecast very populor reality programs, news programm, talk shows and many more populor programmes and resent report shows swarnavahini gaining it's status month by month.

Lanka Media Outlook toolbar - Now available

2009-10-20T14:33:00.001+05:30

Lanka Media Outlook toolbar is now available for Firefox users and Internet explore 8. Currently we have only added ten sinhala live online radio channels and few TV channels. In our next update we'll add all the sinhala, English and Tamil radio's and all available TV's. At the moment we are trying to add "Sri FM". Sri FM stream is not available in the internet and we'll trying to add a stream.

Available features

Google search - Without downloading Google toolbar u can search Google.

Sinhala Radio's
1. Hiru FM
2. Sirasa FM
3. Y FM
4. Nilwala Radio
5. Siyatha FM
6. Rhythem FM
7. FM Derana
8. Rangiri Sri Lanka
9.SLBC
Sinhala Commercial Services
Sinhala Nationala Services
10. Neth Fm

Television Channels
1. Rupavahini
2. ITN
3. Swarnavahini (working on it)
4. Siyatha TV (working on it)
5. Derana TV (working on it)
comming up more...

Live cricket score card
Recent matches, Upcoming matches and live matches

Email notifier
If u have two gmail accounts u can use this feature to check both gmail accounts at the same time. Use same method for Yahoo, Hotmail and and other mail clients.

Weather
As default Colombo weather is added to the toolbar . You can change the location.

Coming up more.....

toolbar powered by Conduit

Airtel misses great chance to become 2nd biggest in Sri Lanka

2009-10-17T20:23:00.000+05:30

Earlier AIRTEL was very close to buy TIGO Sri Lanka but now it seem to be TIGO will buy by Etisalat, a Middle Eastern telco, with the sale expected to be completed by October 20. TIGO owner Millicom International Cellular will sell its Sri Lanka unit for 155 million US dollars. Airtel offers maximum 135 US dollors.

This Transaction is finalized and we are not sure about TIGO new owner Etisalat would change the the TIGO brand or not.

Sri Lnaka's Online live Sinhala radio list

2009-10-16T00:12:00.000+05:30

Here are the links that you can listen to sinhala radio's online. All working with 512kb/s connection. Pl.click on the word link only.......

1. Nilwala Radio
Very good sound Quality. 24/7 Sinhala Online Radio Station that features Live shows 365 days with guest DJs.

2. Hiru FM - Sinhala songs, Sinhala teledrama, News

3. Sirasa FM - Sinhala songs, Drama, Talk shows, News

4. SLBC - Talk shows, Education, Drama, Songs, News
Sinhala National Service

Sinhala Commercial Services

City FM

Kandurata FM

5.Siyatha FM - Talk shows, Education, Drama, Songs, News

6.Neth FM - Talk shows, Education, Drama, Songs, News

7.Y FM - Talk shows, Education, Drama, Songs, News

8.FM Derana - Talk shows, Education, Drama, Songs, News

9. Rhythm FM - Talk shows, Education, Drama, Songs, News

10.Rangiri - Cultural radio. Broadcast "pirith"

"Rate Cutter" from Hutch

2009-10-13T08:21:00.000+05:30

Hutch launched its “Rate Cutter” to the Sri Lankan market, from the beginning of this month which offers customers the opportunity to make outgoing calls to other networks at a low rate of Rs.1.50 a minute for a period of thirty days once purchased and activated.

SLBC goes digital

2009-10-12T08:30:00.000+05:30

Sri Lanka Broadcasting corporation started it's digital and satellite technology on 1st of October. President Mahinda Rajapaksha transmitted his voice at auspicious time. The SLBC said it will launch a Tamil language broadcasting service from Irattaperiyakulam.

Watch EPL on ESPN-Star

2009-10-11T08:31:00.001+05:30

ESPN-Star recently announced they have won the exclusive right to telecast English Premier League knos as EPL. Now they have rights to telecast all the EPL matches until 2013. How much ESPN-Star paid for the rights was not disclosed.

It has the rights in India, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, North and South Korea, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In Malaysia and Brunei, it works in a partnership with Astro.

Mobile Money Transfers in sri lanka soon..

2009-10-10T08:30:00.001+05:30

MoneyGram to Introduce Mobile Money Transfers in sri lanka very soon. MoneyGram International offers more control and more choices to people separated from family and friends by distance or those with limited bank relationships to meet their financial needs. A leading global payment services company, MoneyGram International helps consumers to pay bills quickly and safely send money around the world with funds arriving at available agent locations in as little as 10 minutes. Its global network is comprised of 180,000 agent locations in 190 countries and territories. MoneyGram's convenient and reliable network includes retailers, international post offices and financial institutions.

Find friends location any where in Sri Lanka

2009-10-10T08:04:00.000+05:30

Dialog telecom's newest value added service "Friend Finder" is now active and any one can subscribe who use their network via SMS. No need complicated handsets. Most common handset are compatible with this application.

When sending text messages using this application the recipient would only receive the location from which you last sent the SMS, enabling you to experience a new dimension in text messaging.

As describe in dialog.lk

Friend Finder is based on the latest location tracking technology, which provides following cool features that you can enjoy with friends on your Dialog Mobile.

You can track the geographical location of your friends and loved ones wherever they are on your mobile.
You can look for and get to know new friends in your vicinity. All you need to do is register with the service as mentioned below & create your profile on Friend Finder. Once registered with Dialog Friend Finder, you can search for new friends, and chat with them anonymously.
You can send secret messages to your friends anonymously. The recipient would only receive the location from which you last sent the SMS.

Use

To register for Friend Finder - type REG & send to 779.
You can enjoy all these features via SMS, and do not need sophisticated handsets at all.

Pricing

Each SMS sent to 779 will be charged Rs. 2.00

New websites: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

2009-10-09T08:30:00.001+05:30

This is about Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority's website (Government). slow to load but good one for tourist who is travelling or willing to travel Sri Lanka. They offer verity of services such as live chat, interactive srilanka map, Mobile services, Reservation and many more.

As in front page "The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) was formed as the apex body for Sri Lanka Tourism under Section 2 of the Tourism Act (No. 38 of 2005). The organization (Formally known as “Ceylon Tourist Board / Sri Lanka Tourist Board / Sri Lanka Tourism Board ”) is committed towards transforming Sri Lanka to be Asia’s foremost tourism destination. The SLTDA will strive to develop diverse, unique and quality tourism services and products that would make Sri Lanka unique destination, globally.

The SLTDA creatively uses its products, while ensuring optimization of resources to efficiently and effectively serve the industry. Some of its activities include identifying and developing tourist specific, unique products and services, formulating and implementing Tourism Development Guidelines, and facilitating and implementing the legal and administrative process for new product and service development."

Another surprise from MOBILTEL "Senehase Upahara"

2009-10-08T09:45:00.000+05:30

State Trading (General) Corporation together with Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel announce that all Sri Lankans who have been honoured with UPAHARA connections are now entitled to nominate 5 loved ones to receive "Senehase" UPAHARA connections and a 3.5G high speed internet connection.

Airtell buy Tigo

2009-10-08T08:30:00.001+05:30

Sri Lanka airtell owner Bharti Airtell India is going increase their market share by buying millicom owned Tigo. Tigo is the third largest mobile operator in Sri Lanka having more than two million customers. Bharti Airtell will cost something like $100 to $135 million for the acquisition. Millicom (Tigo owner) is reportedly keen to divest other Asian operations in Cambodia and Laos.

Multi-party Call Conferencing from Lanka Bell

2009-09-30T08:00:00.000+05:30

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

2009-09-29T15:51:00.000+05:30

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?

2009-09-29T14:35:00.003+05:30

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.

Buy Dialog TV Online

2009-09-27T12:13:00.002+05:30

Now you can buy dialog tv online.

Buy now

Court ordered surrender all possessions taken from the journalists

2009-09-27T08:48:00.002+05:30

"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

2009-09-27T08:16:00.004+05:30

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.