Dialog recognised for pioneering mass alert early warning network

Dialog Telekom was recognised and commended for its pioneering Disaster and Emergency Warning Network (DEWN) at the National Best Quality Software Awards (NBQSA).

The Company together with its technology partners Microimage and the Dialog University of Moratuwa Mobile Communications Research Laboratory received the Overall Award in the Research and Development Category, as well as the all-round Gold Award for DEWN - a cost effective and multi model mass alert system which could be deployed to warn key stakeholders in disaster management as well as the public in advance of the occurrence of life threatening disasters.

The pilot launch of DEWN took place in November 2005 together with the Ministry of Public Security Law and Order. Dialog Telekom was also selected to participate in the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) to be held in Macau. The Remote Alarm and Handset Resident Applications for DEWN designed by Microimage and the Dialog UoM were recently shortlisted in the category of Innovative Technology Development at the GSMA Asia Mobile Innovation Awards.

Nushad Perera, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Dialog Telekom said "Dialog Telekom initiated this project following the massive destruction caused by the tsunami in December 2004. We have always been very conscious about trying to use GSM technology for the betterment of the lives of people in Sri Lanka. We knew that as a means of communication our handheld devices would be more effective and far reaching than radio, TV or any other medium.