SLASSCOM sets up Mobile,

Telco Centre of Excellence

SLASSCOM announced the setting up of the SLASSCOM Mobile and Telco Centre of Excellence (CoE) with the vision to bring together leading solution providers, education institutes and service providers in advancing the fast growing Mobile and Telco IT/BPO Industry vertical in Sri Lanka.

As a national strategy, Sri Lankan IT/BPO industry is focused on several niche areas to build globally competitive products and service offerings to targeted market segments.

Leading mobile telco solution providers including Dinota IT, Eurocentre, hSenid, Informatics, Mortorola, Sabre, Virtusa and Wavenet are members of the CoE who have come forward to collaborate within the CoE.

"Mobile telecommunication is a fast growing industry sector with massive global growth potential.

We believe in the next five years, a large part of IT solutions will be mobile based in a way which is unimaginable today. Our focus is to stay ahead by leveraging our collective forces as an industry." said SLASSCOM Mobile and Telco CoE Leader and CEO DinotaIT, Nayana D. Serasinghe.

SLASSCOM Mobile and Telco CoE is focused on driving joint marketing, research and advance capacity building to drive the sector forward.

"Our national strategy is to focus on several high potential niche areas to compete globally as a niche player. Mobile and telco is one of the verticals we have chosen after careful market study and internal strength analysis" said SLASSCOM Chairman Dinesh Saparamadu.