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Harris Corporation of USA recently conducted a seminar for Lanka Bell customers on wireless broadband connectivity and its business applications in Sri Lanka.

Harris Corporation is one of the leading communications equipment manufacturing companies in the world and supplied the equipment for Lanka Bell's data network. A large number of top-level IT professionals from many leading companies took part in the Lanka Bell seminar conducted by a team of experts from Harris Corporation's Broadband Wireless Access Systems.

"It was a pleasure to meet so many IT professionals in Sri Lanka who are as knowledgeable about wireless broadband as their counterparts in even the most technologically advanced countries," said Tom Bergmann, Director of Business Development who led the program. He was assisted by Philippe Jasmin, Technical Manager and Rabin Daher from Network Engineering of Harris Corporation.

Their presentations included information on optimising data networks and maximising benefits in applications such as networking different locations for high-speed exchange of data, high-resolution images and audio and video files. They covered Internet access, data communication over secure networks, Virtual-Local Area Network (V-LAN) applications, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and multi-protocol interfaces provided by the Lanka Bell network which was designed and implemented by Harris Corporation.

Tom Bergmann discussed the unique features of Lanka Bell's dedicated wireless broadband service. BellBurst, which supports multiple interfaces at no extra cost and allocates up and down load speeds to maximise efficiency depending on usage. BellBurst supports router interfaces such as V.35 and G.703 used in secure environments as well as Ethernet IP interfaces used in environments with lesser security needs, without customer interface equipment modification and at no extra cost.

Philippe Jasmin said, "These multi-protocol interfaces together with guaranteed link speeds of 64Kbps up to 4 Mbps for downloads from the ISP make BellBurst superior to other DSL connections currently available in Sri Lanka. These may offer cheaper low-end solutions but become more expensive as user needs evolve towards services requiring data integrity and security." Presentations included techniques for optimising the benefits offered by Lanka Bell's BellBurst service that provides true broadband connectivity up to 4 Mbps for data communication and Internet access, without requiring modems and routers.

"More and more companies are using wireless broadband as a powerful, cost-effective business tool to sharpen their competitive edge and improve corporate performance," said Joey V. Mendoza, Managing Director and CEO of Lanka Bell. "This seminar is a part of an ongoing technical support program to help our customers reap the maximum benefit from the Lanka Bell network. It has given their IT specialists a rare opportunity to benefit from Harris Corporation's global expertise in wireless broadband connectivity."

Lanka Bell introduced the Harris data network to the Sri Lankan market in July 2002 with an initial investment of Rs. 200 million. This state-of-the-art network has enabled Lanka Bell to increase sales of their BellBurst dedicated data circuits by over 100% so far.

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