The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has established its own Voice/Data Network covering more than thirty Directorates and Branches at the Army Headquarters, six Security Forces Headquarters, fourteen Divisions/Task Forces and twenty-two Regimental Headquarters.
The SLA said by introducing latest versions of the technology in order to make it one of the most secured networks in the country, networking is expected to help the Army to run smoothly in meeting with various challenges that may come up with the advancement of modern technology
This Voice/Data Communication Network, a brainchild of Lt.Gen Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army, is to cover island-wide all Army formations within a few weeks. The Army Commander yesterday graced the inaugural launch of the new Voice/Data Communication Network during a brief ceremony at the Army Headquarters.
Army’s former Chief Signal Officer Major General Prasad Samarasinghe made a comprehensive presentation at the inauguration tabled the multitude of facilities like live-meetings, audio and video conferencing, online file transferring, online file sharing, intranet Emailing, Internet, being provided to the user though this networking.
Addressing the gathering the Army Chief noted that this type of networking is expected to accelerate administrative machinery and enable the whole Army to reach result-oriented assignments on day-to-day basis within a short span of time unlike in the past. The Commander asked all in the Army to gradually switch to the new system to make the Army a vibrant administrative hub.