Lanka re-elected first Vice Chairman of CTO
Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of
Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Priyantha Kariyapperuma has been re-elected as the
first Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization
(CTO) at its Council meeting held in Nadi, Fiji from September 17-18.
CTO is the official body which deals with telecommunications and
delivers knowledge sharing program of the use of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) in specific areas of
telecommunications, information technology and broadcasting as well as
the internet within the Commonwealth countries.
CTO assists ICT stakeholders to adopt and live with change, by
providing consulting and advisory services. The Headquarters of the CTO
is based in London and comprises 50 full and associate Commonwealth
member countries.
The members of the CTO unanimously decided to hold the 50th
Commonwealth Organization Council meeting in Sri Lanka in year 2010. |