Dialog Axiata’s Ideamart partners Hutch to expand subscriber reach

From left: Dialog Axiata Ideamart Operations Assistant Manager Kasun Withanaarachchi, Dialog Axiata IdeaMart General Manager Viranga Seneviratne, Dialog Axiata Group Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Architect Anthony Rodrigo, Hutch Chief Executive Officer Thirukumar Nadarasa, Hutch Assistant General Manager – Data, VAS and Digital Yarthav Mathiaparanam, Hutch Manager – VAS Madreek Naotunna  

Ideamart, a global award-winning platform for developers and content providers presented by Dialog Axiata PLC, partnered Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Hutch) to enable over 18,000 Ideamart app developers to access Hutch’s Network Infrastructure through APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). Ideamart enables any developer, technopreneur or entrepreneur with an idea to join, use unutilised telco assets, create their own mobility services, and monetise them with zero risks with no up-front fee.

Following the integration of Hutch 072 and 078 Network Infrastructure, Ideamart will now provide Sri Lankan Developers, access to over 18 million subscribers across Dialog, Hutch and Airtel Mobile Networks. This partnership will enable Hutch subscribers to avail thousands of applications, development infrastructure and value-added services available on the platform and the integration is set to greatly benefit the Ideamart developer community (Asia’s largest digital services eco system) through the expansion of the market place for their innovations and services.

Commenting on the partnership, Dialog Axiata PLC Group Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Architect Anthony Rodrigo said, “We are pleased to have partnered with Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka to empower thousands of Sri Lankan entrepreneurs with a developer platform to bring their ideas to life and to deliver exceptional services and experiences to millions of subscribers across the nation.”

“We are extremely delighted to support budding entrepreneurs with our state-of-the-art network infrastructure. We consider that digital inclusivity is of utmost importance at present and as mobile-telco providers, we need to collaborate and carry out more initiatives to create a solid market place for app developers,” shared Hutch Chief Executive Officer Thirukumar Nadarasa.

Ideamart will continue to deliver a host of new Mobile Network APIs, providing a platform for increasingly advanced levels of application development and service functionality. This historic partnership will open up more avenues for Hutch and Dialog Ideamart to empower entrepreneurs and encourage them to come up with innovations.

Developers and service providers can visit www.ideamart.io to create telco API based services.