Sri Lanka

With national ICT policies and development dating back to the early 1980s, Sri Lanka’s IT sector stands at the regional forefront today, and is slated for further expansion on the back of both the government and the private sector’s intensifying focus on expanding exports and employment within the sector. Although unable to compete with its...

Sri Lanka’s vibrant telecommunications industry has benefitted from two decades of market liberalisation, with five competing mobile operators driving retail tariffs to some of the lowest levels worldwide. End users and operators benefit from the country’s position as a swing point between Europe and East Asia, and its advantageous geographic...

Already at the forefront of digital innovation, and boasting internet penetration rates much higher than those of its regional neighbours, Sri Lanka is slated to become the first country with universal broadband coverage, as a result of a government initiative to provide internet services nationwide, in addition to a highly publicised...

In a post on Twitter in late November 2015, Sri Lanka’s president, Maithripala Sirisena, wrote, “[Sri Lanka] has great potential to generate renewable energy, and it’s essential that we encourage and inspire investors’ focus towards it.” The statement served to reiterate the government’s commitment to the development of sustainable energy...