Over 18 m mobile subscribers in Sri Lanka
“Sri Lanka is ahead of many countries in mobile users with 90 percent
population coverage with 18 million out of its population of about 21
million.”
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ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura addressing WSA 2012 in Cairo flanked on
his left by leading Mobile Strategist to Madonna, Lady Gaga and
U2 Ralph Simon and on the right by European Software Institute
Regional Manager George Sharkov |
“Today we witness the power of the mobile to empower millions with
information, content and services,” said ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA)
CEO Reshan Dewapura, while participating in the internationally renowned
World Summit Awards (WSA) ICT conference held in Cairo, recently.
“With mobile phones becoming integrated into our lives their use for
providing public service is becoming more and more pervasive,” he said.
The ICTA CEO shared the success of the e-Development programme in Sri
Lanka with the world ICT leaders.
He asserted that the government was ready to provide key citizen
services via the mobile phone within the next two to four years.
“In Sri Lanka, we have a great potential for providing public
services via the mobile phone,” he said. |
