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Microsoft, HSBC partners with Sarvodaya-Fusion

ICT skills of youth in the North and East :


Microsoft Sri Lanka and HSBC officials

The end of decades of conflict in the North and the East of Sri Lanka has paved the way for employment and growth, that was destroyed by war. The growth of these areas is hampered by the lack of proper educational facilities.

Microsoft Sri Lanka in partnership with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) are implementing a project through the Sarvodaya-Fusion, the ICT for Development arm of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement to help educate the youth of the North and the East and provide them with Information Technology skills; thereby enhancing their employability and bettering the chances that the lives once torn apart by conflict can find empowerment and stability.

The Northern and Eastern areas have been neglected due to the war. With the dawn of peace, the possibilities for these areas are now boundless. The initiated project will begin with 10 general awareness programs to garner interest in the initiative and the appointment of 50 youth community leaders.

Fifty village information centres, equipped with Tamil language learning material will be set up with Microsoft trained trainers to educate the residents of the area. Telecentre operatives in the area will also be provided and additional training to upgrade their own knowledge and capacity.

Country Manager, Microsoft Sri Lanka Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne spoke on the need for developing education in the newly liberated areas. "With businesses now moving to the North and the East, the need for the youth of those areas to be employable is now higher than ever before.


Tigo mini centre opened

Tigo opened the "Tigo Mini Centre" at the IOC outlet in Colombo 7, this week. In view of increasing accessibility, reach and convenience, this Mini Centre will become a convenient point of contact for all Tigo related sales and customer service inquiries.


Tigo CEO Dumindra Ratnayaka at the “Tigo Mini Centre”

It is equipped to cater to any service related to Tigo including pre and post pay connections, reload facilities, bill payment facilities, SIM registrations and a host of value added services.

"Centrally located in Colombo 7 to cater to the metro community, opening of this. Mini Centre is in line with Tigo's '3 A' policy regarding customer care, bringing Accessibility, Affordability and Availability to a place convenient for our customers" said CEO of Tigo Dumindra Ratnayaka.

"This is the latest Mini Centre to be opened by Tigo. Several centres have been already set up in other IOC outlets. Outlets catering to the busy, metro lifestyle are in Bambalapitiya, Dematagoda, Havelock Town and Laughs Supermarkets in Moratuwa, Maharagama, Kohuwala and Seeduwa, said Ratnayaka. The full-fledged Tigo Mini Centre is en-route on your drive home from work, a business lunch at a nearby coffee house or the weekly gas fill for your vehicle.

Hence, its only matter of taking a few extra minutes to fulfill all your Tigo services requirements, on the go.

In addition, Tigo intends making available different handsets to cater customer needs including Blackberry devices at a very competitive price. To commemorate the grand opening of this outlet, Tigo is ready to offer a range of promotions to all customers who visit the outlet.

Being the first cellular network in Sri Lanka, Tigo has one of the largest mobile networks in the country.

Since its inception in 1989 twenty years ago, Tigo has consistently provided not only the widest coverage and an unprecedented level of service, but also a host of other innovative solutions to the Sri Lankan market.

Ratnayaka said, "This initiative is a result of an identification and insight to our customer needs; contemporary life is such that time and convenience are precious commodities we want to go to the customer instead of making the customer come to us."


Dialog partners eAsia and regional ICT conference

Dialog Telekom PLC is the Official Communications Partner of the fourth annual eAsia Conference, which will be held from December 2-4 at the BMICH.

The eAsia Conference, Asia's premier ICT event is hosted by the Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) India and the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) Sri Lanka with the objective of reinforcing technology and knowledge-centric growth and needs of the region, through capitalisation of market economy and boosting human development.

The event will comprise unique thematically inter-related conferences, in the domains of e-governance, digital learning, e-Health, telecentres and emerging technologies. Dialog will feature a state-of the-art stall at the conference and also offer free Wi-Fi connectivity at the BMICH.

As the Communications Partner, Dialog will also support the connectivity requirements of foreign delegates who will participate in the event.

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