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Sri Lankan e-Commerce Reforms to Improve Sales for Small Businesses

Sri Lankan e-commerce reforms underway have the ability and resources to get management of e-commerce, with a policy
in are aimed at encouraging more around the problem be it e-commerce framework, e-commerce offers significant
transactions and helping companies, or other areas. It is the small firms often sales channels for SMEs which is the focus
especially small businesses, improve who do not have the capabilities.” The area for this project,” Silva told the forum. It
access to overseas markets, a government ‘National Public-Private Dialogue’ on covers a wide range of reforms to promote
official said. “Improving electronic- e-commerce reforms was held by the e-commerce, ranging from electronic
commerce is for the benefit of SMEs (small Ministry of Digital Infrastructure and payments, data protection and privacy,
and medium enterprises),” said Dayaratna Information Technology (MDIIT) and the consumer protection, and Cybersecurity
Silva, national project coordinator of the International Trade Centre (ITC). The ITC to logistics and access and education.
European Union-Sri Lanka Trade-Related is a joint agency of the United Nations and The reforms are being planned at a time of
Assistance project. “It is the SMEs who World Trade Organization that focuses on growing use of e-commerce platforms and
should be ultimate beneficiaries of this strengthening soft infrastructure-related increasing internet penetration although
initiative,” he told a forum on e-commerce assistance to trade and trains developing such transactions are still low compared
reforms in the island involving public and country officials to improve use of trade with other regional countries.
private sector officials. “Bigger companies as a tool for development. “With proper

TRA UAE Delegation Visits Moscow to Learn About Best Practices in Smart

Cities

A delegation from the General Authority for
Regulating the Telecommunications Sector
(TRA) headed by Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri,
TRA Director-General, visited Moscow to learn
about Russia’s best practices in smart cities
and digital transformation. The delegation held
a meeting with number of officials specializing
in technology in Russia. The meetings
discussed avenues of cooperation in ICTs and
exchanged innovative technologies between
the two countries. Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri,
TRA Director-General, said the visit comes in
the context of getting acquainted with global
experiences and sharing experiences and
knowledge to the benefit of all parties

Jazz and USF Pakistan to Bridge the Digital Divide in South Waziristan

Continuing its partnership with Jazz for for Sustainable Development Project in Officer Syed Ali Naseer. Federal Minister
developing cellular access in underserved South Waziristan, according to a press for IT & Telecom Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
regions, the Universal Service Fund (USF) release issued on Thursday. A signing informed the audience that through this
has awarded a new contract worth Rs90 ceremony took place between USF Chief project services would be provided to a
million to Jazz Pakistan. The contract Executive Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary population of 0.64m people in 411 muzas.
has been awarded under the Broadband and Jazz Chief Corporate and Enterprise

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