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| Sunday, 22 May 2005 |
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Lanka Bell takes fixed telephony to rural areas Lanka Bell, one of Sri Lanka's leading private fixed telecom operators launched the second of its proposed 150 new CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) base stations in Anuradhapura, fulfilling a pledge to fixed telephony to Sri Lanka's rural areas. Chief Minister of the North Central Province Berty Premalal Dissanayake, the Chief Guest made the first call. A week earlier, Lanka Bell launched its first CDMA Base Station in Gampaha, becoming the first operator to deploy CDMA 2000-1X technology in Sri Lanka. Two more such Base Stations at Kandy and Kurunegala will begin operating this weekend. Commenting on this achievement, Secretary to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and Chairman Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) C. Maliyadde commended Lanka Bell for the speed and efficiency with which it worked to connect the rural masses with modern fixed wireless telephony which supports fax, email and internet. Director General of the TRC Aruna Amarasekera described his first hand experience with Lanka Bell's efficient customer oriented service. He too commended Lanka Bell on the speed with which it worked to ensure optimum customer satisfaction. The launch of these Base Stations forms part of Lanka Bell's long-term commitment to extend its fixed wireless telecommunications network to rural Sri Lanka, and share the benefits of modern telephony with the people in those areas. The four new Base Stations will together offer an initial 10,000 lines to new rural customers. Lanka Bell's Deputy Managing Director Suren Goonewardene said, "A majority of people in Sri Lanka still do not have access to basic telecommunications. Having a telephone in their homes is still only a dream, he said. |
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