Tritel Services (Pvt) Ltd has introduced a voice messaging service that allows subscribers to send and receive messages locally and internationally without paying long distance call charges, a press release said.

The service enables communication with people in the USA, Canada, UAE, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines by calling a mailbox and leaving amessage from any fixed, mobile or payphone.

Tritel's Chief Executive Officer Robert Schusler said that this is one of the first international voice messaging services. A person simply calls a local access number and leaves a voice message which will be instantly delivered to the other party's voice mail box in Sri Lanka or overseas, he said.

This service allows a subscriber to send and receive private voice messages without owning a phone. Tritel which began operations in July 1997 has over 3,000 payphones installed across the Island.

The Company is backed by Sri Indrajaya Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian company that has diverse and extensive interests in telecommunications and power projects in the South Asian region.