SLTMobitel Platinum Sponsor of CSSL’s National IT Conference 2021

CSSL President Damith Hettihewa

SLTMobitel Group CEO Lalith Seneviratne

Continuing its support towards accelerating the digital transformation and technology diffusion in the country, SLTMobitel, Sri Lanka’s National Telecommunication Service Provider has joined hands with

the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) as the Platinum Sponsor of the 39th National Information Technology Conference (NITC) 2021. 

NITC is one of the most respected and anticipated ICT events in Sri Lanka and in the region. Due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, this year’s conference will be held as a virtual conference on 12 and 13 October. 

Youth, Sports and Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Minister and State Minister of Digital Technology and Entrepreneur Development Namal Rajapaksa will grace the conference inauguration and CSSL National ICT Awards on 12 October at 9 a.m. as the Chief Guest. Ministry of Technology Secretary and ICTA Chairman Jayantha De Silva will be the Guest of Honour and the inauguration Keynote Speaker. 

CSSL President Damith Hettihewa welcomed the SLTMobitel platinum partnership as a great contribution towards supporting the efforts of CSSL which is advocating acceleration of digital transformation of the country to leverage Industry 4.0 opportunity for Sri Lanka to become a wealthy nation.  

“Our country needs to accelerate policy formation, legal enactments and research and design to adopt cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Augmented Reality, Internet of Things (IOT), Robotic Process Automation and Integration, Big Data and real time analytics, Cloud Computing, Blockchain etc. in the vital sectors of the economy. At this year’s conference, the Sri Lanka ICT fraternity will deliberate these aspects along with several global experts on these topics over a period of two days,” said Damith Hettihewa.

SLT Group CEO Lalith Seneviratne said: “SLTMobitel provides a range of ICT facilities including voice, data, broadband, wholesale, enterprise, cloud, international, and IPTV. Further, SLTMobitel has laid the largest fibre optic-based nation-wide telecommunication backbone network which is a veritable asset in propelling the country’s development to the next level. 

“The group’s efforts to expand the broadband footprint are supplemented by an array of technologies including carrier-grade Wi-Fi, and both fixed and mobile 4G LTE technologies. SLTMobitel successfully showcased the deployment of 5G over a Mobile Network by connecting a commercial Mobile smartphone to its 5G network exceeding speeds of 1.55Gbps. 

“SLTMobitel has made great strides in recent years to expand its influence in NB-IoT, Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Critical Communication technologies and solutions and has been adjudged as the Fastest LTE network in Sri Lanka.”

This year’s National Information Technology Conference is organised under the leadership of Damith Hettihewa. The Conference Chair is Rasantha Hettithathirige while Dr. Ajantha Atukorale and Dr. Adheesha Wijayasiri are spearheading the academic track and colloquium of the conference.

NITC 2021 will also be supported by Ministry of Technology, Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka as the National Partner. Huawei has partnered with NITC 2021 as the Gold Sponsor as for the second time around. Facebook has partnered with CSSL for the Second CSSL Colloquium at NITC 2021. Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. and Daily FT is the print media partner of NITC 2021.