Mobitel supports model United Nations conference

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel recently supported the Sri Lanka Model United Nations 2013 (SLMUN) conference as its Official Telecommunications Partner.

The Sri Lanka Model United Nations 2013 conference in progress.

Conference delegates experienced connectivity on Mobitel's 4G broadband while being exposed to Mobitel's mLearning technology, which allows students and lecturers to connect to live, real-time virtual classrooms from anywhere in the world, where they can participate in lectures as they would in normal classrooms.

All aspects of the learning classrooms are 100% interactive and all sessions can also be recorded for students to review later while studying for examinations.

SGM, Marketing, Mobitel, Nalin Perera, said, "We developed the mLearning platform to act as an interactive mode of learning for students which allows them to follow their school curriculum wherever they are, saving time and money."

"The participants, most of them school-leavers, were excited to experience the features of mLearning, which advances their capacity to display their talent to international counterparts. We hope their experience with Mobitel products serves them well in the future," he said.

Under-Secretary General of IT and Technical Affairs of the SLMUN 2013, Hisham Samsudeen said, "We received tremendous support from a dedicated Mobitel team who not only ensured our conference was completely covered with internet connectivity including several wired 4G points with quick paced internet but also taking the conference as a whole to the next level with the mLearning system."

"For the past two years our topics for discussion has been a prevailing crisis situation in the community. In the past, The President of the Crisis Committee and the Secretary General would walk into every committee meeting and brief the teams in person," he said.

"This year thanks to the mLearning system, we were able to interact with other committees from one location giving all members a real-time experience of the topic discussed.

Mobitel not only provided the system but also trained us on the nuances of the system which has made our committee meetings more convenient," Samsudeen said.

"Interacting with other committee members around the world at the same time was a remarkable experience.

It was one of those moments which most of us truly remember as taking a technological step to the future and also a moment where we were proud to show the international delegations our expertise and indeed were proud as Sri Lankans," he said.

Secretary General of SLMUN 2013, Kemiya Kodituwakke, said, "SLMUN 2013 will go down in history as the first model UN program in the world which used such a system.

I appreciate the commitment shown by Mobitel in harnessing our diplomatic venture with innovative concepts of technology."