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Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka's flagship telecommunications company together with the Ministry of Public Security Law and Order launched the nation's first Disaster and Emergency Warning Network (DEWN) last week.

Key participants in the project include Technology partners Microimage (Pvt) Ltd., (an award winning mobile applications development Company and the Dialog-University of Moratuwa Centre for Mobile Communications Research.)

Pioneered as a Research and Development initiative of Dialog Telekom and supported by Microimage and the Dialog-UoM laboratory, the initial phase of DEWN combines the innovative use of Cell Broadcast, Location Based Technology and SMS available on a GSM network with specialised terminal device technologies to render a cost effective and reliable mass alert system.

Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya said "The development of an effective disaster and emergency warning system through the innovative leverage of the key resources we have at hand was foremost in our minds over the past months."

"I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all those who combined innovative thinking with dedication to purpose to bring this project to the stage of pilot implementation," he said.

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