Dialog Axiata Connects Sri Lanka and Maldives with High Speed Submarine Cable
February, 25, 2021
Dialog Axiata PLC (“Dialog”), Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, announced the commissioning of the Maldives Sri Lanka Cable system (MSC), enabling the delivery of high-speed broadband services. Dialog’s investment in the new high-speed submarine cable will trigger the single largest infusion of International Bandwidth between Sri Lanka and Maldives to date.
The 840km long international submarine fiber optic cable system provides high-speed, low latency connectivity between Hulhumale in the Republic of Maldives and Mount Lavinia in Sri Lanka. The collaborative efforts of Dialog together with its international consortium partners Ooredoo and Dhiraagu of Maldives together with the supplier HMN were critical in achieving the rapid system design and implementation during this period of challenging logistics and restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fonterra has enabled access to Mineral Mix packs to help its smallholder dairy farmers address challenges around access to quality feed. In a move to help its smallholder dairy farmers improve dairy cattle health and increase milk yield, Fonterra Brands Lanka has enabled sustained market access to high-nutrition minerals mix packs. Managing Director of Fonterra […]
Central Bank officials and customers at the Commercial Bank stall at the event. The Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s support to the Central Bank initiative to promote cashless digital payments via LANKAQR saw the Bank campaigning for the “ රටපුරාම LANKAQR” programme in Galle on 20th and 21st February. The Central Bank programme was graced by […]
Aitken Spence Hotels’ overseas resorts, Heritance Aarah, Maldives and Desert Nights Camp, Oman were recently honoured among the best global luxury brands at the Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2021.
The accolades were bestowed in the categories of ‘Best All-Inclusive Resort’ and ‘Best Luxury Hotel’ for Heritance Aarah and Desert Nights Camp respectively, shortlisted and selected from among 10,000 applicants in 400 categories.
The Luxury Lifestyle Awards confers goods and services aimed at the global professional community, recognising the exceptional initiatives, innovations and excellence that effectively entice consumers in the luxury sector. The awards are thus, an assurance of the highest quality in service. The international awarding body determines this by conducting a detailed category and region-based research independently, which are then reviewed by luxury lifestyle experts.
By Hiran H.Senewiratne Regular trading at the CSE was temporarily halted for 30 minutes from 1.28 p.m. to 1.58 p.m yesterday as the S&P SL20 index dropped by 5 percent during the trading session. After the service breaker trigger, the market began to recover but during the latter part of the day, due to selling […]