Mobitel’s Double Bonanza April winners collect prizes

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The winners of the Mobitel Double Bonanza draw for the Month of April 2011 collected their prizes at a grand ceremony held at the Mobitel Engineering Office in Welikada recently.

The competition which drew winners for 18th consecutive month since it’s unveiling in October 2009 is the pioneer sweepstake scheme within the Telecommunication category in the country to offer Valuable Motor Cars as Prizes for Post Paid and Pre Paid users.

The winners of the Mobitel Double Bonanza draw were rewarded in the presence of M/s Ernst and Young, External auditors of Mobitel and officials of the Western Province Revenue Department.

The Lucky winner of the stylish Brand New Suzuki Maruti Alto K10 Motor car for the Month of April 2011 at the Pre-Paid draw was the 39 year old K. M. Priyajmal Nanda Kumara from Balangoda, while the lucky winners of the ASUS Laptop inclusive of a 3.5G High Speed Internet Dongles were. Eranga Hasitha Kumara Perera of Mirigama, N.K.Loku Palihakkara of Kekirawa, Mayalahu Kirubaharan of Udapussallawa, D.M.I.R. Devapriya of Lellopitiya and Paskaran Thileeban of Watagoda.

The Lucky winner of the stylish Brand New Suzuki Maruti Alto K10 Motor car for the Month of April 2011 at the Post-Paid draw was D. M. A. R. Dissanayake from Badulla a Public Health Inspector in profession, while the lucky winners of the ASUS Laptop inclusive of a 3.5G High Speed Internet Dongles were Dr. T.W. Wijesiri of Karapitiya, S.M.Y.C.G. Bandara Of Kandy, Dr. M.A.U. Mapitigamaarachchi of Kurunegala and M.R.M. Illmy of Kotigawatta

Upon the completion of two successful years, The SMART Recharge Bonanza entered its third year with the birth of the ‘Mobitel Double Bonanza’. The Mobitel Double Bonanza will comprise of 24 Suzuki Maruti Alto K10 cars to be won monthly and 105 Asus Laptops with 3.5G high speed internet dongles to be won weekly throughout 2011. Stemming from the success of the SMART Recharge Bonanza for Pre Paid customers, the scheme has now been opened to Post Paid & Broadband customers including Pre Paid customers of the Mobitel family until December 2011.

The Mobitel users can find out their eligibility to the competition and the draw chances by dialing #151#. However, in order to qualify for the competition, the Mobitel number has to be registered in compliance with the Mobitel subscriber registration policy. Registration status can be checked by dialing #132#.

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the National Mobile Service Provider and the Official Sponsor of the National Cricket Team, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom. In January 2004, the company launched its fully-fledged 2.5G GSM network that is EDGE/GPRS enabled and designed to operate on dual band. In December 2007, the company launched its 3.5G HSPA network - the first Super 3.5G network in South Asia. Further, Mobitel successfully demonstrated HSPA + MIMO technology with down link speed up to 28.8 Mbps and carried out successful trial of 4G/LTE technology with downlink speed exceeding 96 mbps, for the first time in the South Asian Region. Investments committed to date in the 3.5G/2.5G/4G networks and service offering amounts to over US$ 400 m.