Hutch with Sierra to fulfill communication needs in East
Hutchison Tele- communication Lanka (Hutch) together with Sierra
Global Network has planned to provide blanket GSM mobile coverage to
people in the East region as part of 'Nagenahira Navodaya' program under
the guidance of Minister of Nation Development for East region, Susantha
Punchinilame.
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DISCUSSION: (From left to right:) Director/CEO of Sierra Global
Arosha Fernando, Director - Project Management Office (PMO) of
Hutch Brig. H. A. N. T. Perera, Senior Manager - Site
Acquisition Division of Sierra Global, Wing Commander Nihal
Ratnayake, and Minister Punchinilame. |
Hutch is currently having a customer base of over 1 million and
planned to double it's GSM network coverage in year 2008 where the East
Project is expected to play a key role.
It is envisaged to construct over 100 towers in Trincomalee,
Batticaloa and Ampara districts to provide 100 per cent coverage to the
entire East region.
Hutch will be investing over Rs. 1 billion during next 6 months
period with this initiative which will fulfil the communication
requirement in this re-developing region.
This communication requirement is identified as one of the key
aspects to be addressed as part of the 'Nagenahira Navodaya' program.
Sierra will undertake the turn-key implementation of the project from
site acquisition to site construction and development on exclusive basis
on behalf of Hutch where Sierra has been operating in the East region
over past 20 years undertaking number of telecommunications, roads,
power and water projects as one the largest construction companies in
Sri Lanka.
Project is planned to be implemented through Sierra's permanent
regional offices based in Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara which are
part of the Sierra's national office base of 72 offices across Sri
Lanka.
Project kick-off was held at the Parliament complex at the beginning
of Committee Meeting of the East Development Program.
Meeting was chaired by the Minister Punchinilame along with
Government Agent and Divisional District Secretary of Trincomalee -
Major General T. T. R. D. De Silva, Director, Project Management Office
(PMO) of Hutch - Brig. H. A. N. T. Perera, Director / CEO of Sierra
Global - Mr. Arosha Fernando and Senior Manager, Site Acquisition
Division of Sierra Global - Wing Commander Nihal Ratnayake.
In the meeting it has been discussed the way forward of the project
and benefits out of this project.
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