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Sri Lanka Telecom Launches Xyntac wholesale Brand

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has launched the of Xyntac brand by our global team is a international business partners and the
Xyntac brand in order to better position remarkable milestone in our journey to general wholesale telco community to
itself in the market as a true global become a global player. ITW was the ideal communicate Xyntac’s products and
carrier. Xyntac will promote voice and occasion to launch Xyntac, since it is an services. Xyntac will operate as the global
data services along with innovative digital annual meeting and networking platform business unit of SLT and expand to cater
services to cater for evolving global market for the global wholesale telecom industry. to the global wholesale community.”
requirements. The Xyntac brand was Thus, Xyntac received the full attention Xyntac has already started developing its
launched at ITW 2019, which was held in of the global telecom fraternity at the IP backbone network and expanding its
Atlanta and attended by 7,000 delegates event,” said Kiththi Perera, Chief Executive service portfolio to colocation, cloud and
from over 2,000 companies, representing Officer of SLT. “We were fortunate to evolving digital services. The company
more than 130 countries. “The launch be able to meet up with SLT’s current said: “Xyntac’s ISP service (ASN: 45489)
has been ranked among the first 100
global internet service providers and it is
proud to be the first Sri Lankan telco to
be listed among the global ISP giants.”
Xyntac aims to be a key regional player by
providing global services through major
investments in multiple international
submarine cable systems, such as: SEA-
ME-WE 5, SEA-ME-WE 4, SEA-ME-WE 3,
Bharat-Lanka (between India & Sri Lanka),
Dhiraagu-SLT (between Maldives & Sri
Lanka), and multiple interconnected data
centers. Xyntac’s international PoPs are
spread across the US, Europe and Asia,
which will enable faster deployment of
services around the globe. Xyntac will also
boost SLT’s plans to expand the business
to new territories and emerging markets in
the world.

Subtel Presents Automatic Roaming Bill

Chilean regulator the Department of have access to a network. The legislation been signed by President Pinera but still
Telecommunications (Subsecretaria would allow users in these areas to requires parliamentary approval, Minister
de Telecomunicaciones, Subtel) has connect to any network with coverage of Transport and Telecommunications
introduced a draft bill that will require of the area, regardless of their service Gloria Hutt said: ‘Our role is to find solutions
companies to offer access to their provider; the service provider in question to the problems of citizens in terms of
networks to other operators that do not would then compensate the network connectivity. Therefore, as a government,
have coverage in certain areas of the operator for use of their infrastructure. In we have decided to promote this bill, in
country. The National Automatic Roaming order to implement the measure, Subtel will order to prevent telecommunications users
(RAN) Bill aims to improve connectivity for require operators to create and maintain living in rural or isolated areas from having
remote communities, with Subtel noting wholesale offers, which will be subject to to hire more than one mobile service, in
that due to the limitations of coverage in approval from the regulator and review addition to ensuring that those who visit
some areas customers are forced to resort from the National Economic Prosecutor these areas have constant connectivity.’
to impractical solutions, such as having (Fiscalia Nacional Economica, FNE).
multiple devices and SIMs to ensure they Commenting on the bill, which has already

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