SLT enables ‘Intelligent Solutions’ at MRIA
Sri Lanka’s second international airport, the Mattala Rajapaksa
International Airport (MRIA) commenced operations with the landing of a
national carrier flight on the airport’s opening date with HE the
President of Sri Lanka on board.
Following three decades of strife, the Sri Lankan people as well as
the economy are today reaping the benefits of freedom. Sri Lanka has an
unprecedented economic growth potential. The Government?s ambitious
vision to reach USD 4,000 per capita income by 2016 and a USD100 billion
GDP economy is one that is shared by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) as well. As
the national telecommunication service provider, the company is well
focused towards this goal, and will play a major role in contributing
towards the achievement of the projected national growth momentum.
The company sought to provide best-in-class telecom support to
empower and facilitate the efficient functioning of the primary
activities of the airport from its very first day of operations.
The new international airport is expected to expand the local
aviation industry whilst being a catalyst for the country’s economic
development enabling increased international trade, tourism and also to
create employment. SLT made everything possible by providing the digital
connectivity to reach beyond borders, both physically and digitally.
Commenting on the ICT infrastructure and communication services
provided to the MRIA, Group CEO of SLT, Lalith De Silva said, “SLT is
proud to be an important part of the countrys economic development
strategies by providing the MRIA with the most reliable and state of the
art communication infrastructure enabling Intelligent Solutions and the
companys flagship triple-play offers: Telephone, Broadband & PeoTV.”
Adding further he said, “We aim to create value for our countrys
economy and new airport by providing them with all the benefits of
enhanced ICT services, thereby creating a more conducive atmosphere for
local and international companies to do business”.
SLT has already completed its solid and reliable fibre optic and
ethernet based network infrastructure with a Ring Architecture for IP
backbone to enable unified communication services to facilitate voice,
data and multimedia applications.
SLT’s total communication solution will facilitate all the MRIA
commercial partners including Airport and Aviation Services (SL)
Limited, Sri Lanka Custom, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Bank of Ceylon,
Peoples Bank, Foreign Employment Agency (or Bureau), State Intelligence
Service, Sri Lanka Air Force, Immigration & Emmigration, SriLankan
Airlines and Sampath Bank. Furthermore, the Sri Lankan Airlines office
in the MRIA has also been given an IP voice-data integrated solution as
a managed service.
Kiththi Perera, Chief Enterprise and Wholesale Officer of SLT, said
“The development of Sri Lanka’s ICT infrastructure would go a long way
in developing a closer relationship with large enterprises and small to
medium sized businesses, which form a vital part of the economic
development. We assure MRIA of our utmost commitment to provide the
highest quality and most reliable services always and we aims to enhance
our offerings through SLT Intelligent Solutions portfolio for the entire
business segments, to help companies achieve higher productivity and
operational efficiency”.
SLT is also the exclusive total communication infrastructure and
enhanced ICT services provider for the BIA, Katunayake for many years.
Through SLT’s Intelligent Solutions, BIA and its commercial partners are
now enjoying the advantages of proven, best-in-class communications
technology. BIA Airport staff, commercial partners and travellers can
use the facilities of the Unified Communications system over SLT’s
Intelligent Solutions platform. |