eZ Pay: Mobile Banking

eZ Pay: Mobile Banking

Presentation by Thivanka Rangala eZPay is what we use to convert your mobile to a payment device. We started off in 1999 with something very simple, Mobile Banking. We started with something very simple. We then went into eChanneling - doctors appointment through the mobile top-up. Also electronic top-up, which we all know was very popular. If you look at the electronic payment overview, we pioneered over 350,000 transactions via 9,000 outlets ...

Live: Leaders Forum

Live: Leaders Forum

Today I'd like to hear from our panelists about challenges in service delivery. Especially in the context of an IP world and connecting the IP world. Hans: The success of mobile needs to be replicated in the Broadband space. The penetration curves look impressive. The hockey curve as they call it. In South Asia and the Far East as well. Can we replicate the same success in terms of Broadband? It's ...

Address By Priyantha Kariyapperuma

Address By Priyantha Kariyapperuma

Director General of the Telecom Regulatory Commission, Sri Lanka The theme of this conference is Beyond 21. This has a meaning, because beyond 21 means it is beyond maturity age. Today is also world literacy day. As you know GSM was introduced by Dialog Telekom in 1995. As of today, we have reached 43% of our population with mobile telephony, and I'm sure that will soon be 50%. Today, everybody irrespective ...

Address By Lalith Weeratunge

Address By Lalith Weeratunge

Chairman of the TRC Sri Lanka, Secretary to HE President Mahinda Rajapakse If you read about leadership, one attribute is more important that any other. That is influencing. If a leader cannot influence, he is not a leader. Let me say that, of all the technologies in the world, ICT and telecommunications have been able to influence our lives. Therefore, it is a leader. Group in telecommunications in Sri Lanka has ...

Keynote Address By Hamadoun Touré

Keynote Address By Hamadoun Touré

It is an honor to be invited and to be here with you to celebrate the 21st birthday of GSM. I am very privileged to be speaking after Anoja. She is a wonderful, passionate and knowledgeable chairperson of GSMA Asia Pacific. I am pleased to be here especially to celebrate the 21st birthday of GSM. On this day alone, GSM will have generated 3 billion dollars. Today we have a very ...

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

A very good morning to all of you. Yesterday we celebrated the historic milestone of 21 years of GSM and ushered in the gifted child GSM to adulthood. So today, it's a new beginning and a new era. Against this backdrop it is my distinct honor to stand before you and welcome all of you to the 29th GSMA AP Conference and Exhibition in Sri Lanka, where everyone will feel at ...

Agenda and Opening

Agenda and Opening

The opening of the ceremonial session The GSMAP Conference begins today. Attached is the brochure and Official Schedule. Today's events include Leader's Forum (10 am) Mobile Broadband Strategies and Solutions (11:05) Regulations For Tomorrow's Mobile Markets (2:05 pm) Mobile Money Transfer (3:40) The Future Of Roaming (4:20) GSMA AP Photo (5:15) Download Brochure

Celebrating 21 Years of GSM

Celebrating 21 Years of GSM

The world celebrated the 21st anniversary of GSM in Colombo yesterday, at a grand reception hosted by Dialog Telekom. Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union, Dr. Hamadoun Touré, presided over the event as its special Guest Of Honour. Yesterday’s event and special session precedes the 29th GSM Asia Pacific Conference of the GSM Association, which gets underway in Colombo today. GSM (Global Standard for Mobile) began in 1987 in Europe ...

29th GSMAP Conference and Exhibition: Colombo

29th GSMAP Conference and Exhibition: Colombo

Dialog Telekom is proud to host this 29th Asia Pacific Conference of the GSM Association, marking 21 years of GSM. In that time, GSM has become the global standard for mobile, empowering over 3 billion people in every country on earth. This conference looks at the bright future beyond 21, with insights into challenging the status quo, regulation, mobile money, roaming and more - including operator only sessions on the ...