Solar powered phone booths in North
The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) has planned to set
up solar powered coin operated telephone booths in welfare centres in
the North for the benefit of displaced civilians to formulate their
daily needs.
This is part of its program drawn up with the collaboration of a
Telecommunications provider to develop telecommunication facilities in
rural areas without electricity.
Under the first stage of this program, Tritel will instal 2,000 solar
powered coin operated CDMA telephone booths throughout the country, said
the TRC in a communique issued yesterday. Tritel will invest Rs. 500
million under the first stage of this program.
TRC said this is an environment friendly program which will provide
telecom facilities to the less privileged sector at a reasonable cost.
The first model telephone booth under this program was opened on an
experimental basis at Elvitigala Mawatha Colombo opposite the TRC
premises recently. |