Internet in Sri Lanka and first ever data communication company by Rukshan Kothwala
LankaCom, also known as Lanka Communication Services (pvt) Ltd, is a leading ISP in Sri Lanka. It is a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications International and is the pioneer in providing Internet services in Sri Lanka.
It offers a wide range of cooperate Internet solutions all over the country. The primary goal of the company is to provide a first class service to the customers. Many leading cooperates of Sri Lanka are using LankaCom as their favourite ISP because of its exemplary service. It owns a significant portion of Internet in Sri Lanka. Apart from the local customers the company has many international customers as well. The portion of Internet in Sri Lanka provided by LankaCom is wireless inside the country and it connects the world through SEA-ME-WE submarine cables and satellite. It has been in business from 1991 and today it is in a position to provide a DS-3 Internet connection and upto a very high speed VPN connection between any parts of the country. Main portion of Sri Lanka VPN is also provided by LankaCom.
The company main branch is located in Colombo which is the capital of Sri Lanka. Besides company has a disaster recovery site also outside Colombo and there a disaster recovery solution is provided for the subscribed customers when their company encounters any disaster. LankaCom is the Sri Lankan ISP that manages the Sri Lanka Internet Exchange, which is the exchange place of all Internet service providers in Sri Lanka. All the data transfer among the various Internet service providers within Sri Lanka is exchanged at the Sri Lanka Internet Exchange so that the International bandwidth usage is efficiently utilized. The parent company Singapore Telecommunications international, known as singtel is one of the top telecommunication, and data communication service provider in Asia and world.
LankaCom is one of the main ISP in Sri Lanka, it also provides many other services as well. As you know, It is also a leading web host in the country, hosting many important websites. The data center of lankaCom is located inside the company premises, is one of the top and high tech data centers of Sri Lanka. It uses many sophisticated technologies and equipments of web hosting. Web development and e-commerce solutions is another remarkable service provided by LankaCom.
Also, LankaCom provides solution box which comprises many features such as Network monitoring, Email, Spam filtering, bandwidth monitoring, etc entirely consists of many advanced open source tools and technology. SMS gateway services and Video Conferencing are some other professional services provided by LankaCom. Very recently it has started two new services, one is training service which has been started to provide proper training for the public and private sector, mainly focusing on the free and open source software related training; and the other is Search Engine Optimization service. And LankaCom has been giving many types of information and communication solutions for its customers. And it is partnered in business with many leading international companies which are in the similar business.
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