STC makes computers affordable
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Microsoft Country Manager Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne, State
Trading Corporation Chairman Pradeep Gunawardane, HP Country
Business Manager Laksmindra Fernando, Intel EM Country Business
Manager - Sri Lanka Indika De Zoysa and Microsoft Director OEM
Poojitha Rajapakse.
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State Trading Corporation (STC), together with HP, Microsoft and
Intel, will be commencing a road show from December 20 to 24 at Nawam
Mawatha STC head office in conjunction with the announcement of
providing affordable computers for Sri Lankans islandwide.
Under this scheme, laptops and desktop computers will be offered at
very affordable prices on installment-based payment schemes that can be
tailored to suit any budget. HP computers will be powered by Intel
processors and genuine Microsoft operating systems while being
maintained under HP’s three-year company warranty, ensuring the security
and longevity of the product. STC Chairman Pradeep Gunawardane said, “We
hope to take computing to a new level of affordability and convenience,
removing all the barriers that have denied people access to computing in
the past.
Through this programme we hope to support the government in its quest
to achieve 75% IT literacy by 2015 and turn Sri Lanka into an IT
centered knowledge hub. To do this, we have partnered with three titans
in their respective fields who share a similar vision for Sri Lanka’s IT
infrastructure. We are confident that with these partnerships we will be
able to definitively improve IT in Sri Lanka, bolstering it to reach the
goals set by the government.”
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