Sri Lanka Telecom, the nation’s telecommunications powerhouse, joins hands with two of its subsidiaries, SLT Mobitel and SLT VisionCom to sponsor the Deyata Kirula National Development Exhibition 2009 being held from 4-8 February, to coincide with the 61st Independence Day of Sri Lanka.

The government is organizing this exhibition for the third consecutive year in an effort to facilitate national development under the ten year plan outlined by the Mahinda Chinthana initiative. The exhibition display the country’s history, the present situation and how the country has progressed upto now, as well as the future initiatives that are planned for development.

Sri Lanka Telecom, the total communication provider for the event, provides communications facilities to the BMICH. The services provided include voice communication services, PABX services for voice communication between stalls, point to point leased line connectivity and high capacity dedicated data connectivity on the SLT broadband network through SLT ADSL technology as well as M3, SLT Mobitel’s 3.5G mobile broadband network. Other services include GSM mobile phones through SLT Mobitel.

Sri Lanka Telecom has its presence at two stalls, one dedicated to featuring SLT’s breakthrough communications services provided through Wizz. This include Wizz Personal which gives "one number for your life", video calls, Wizz to Wizz free calls etc.; Wizz Family through which each family member is given extension numbers no matter which part of the country they are at and free outgoing calls between those numbers; Wizz Duo Unlimited for you and your buddy; and Wizz Conferencing which is an easier way of scheduling meetings through a user friendly web portal. Visitors to the SLT Wizz stall are given hands on experience in using this emerging technology. The other SLT stall will be dedicated to SLT Broadband. Currently SLT operates an island-wide broadband network which provides broadband access through fibre and copper by using Ethernet and ADSL technologies. The company is also progressively taking steps to deploy its wireless broadband services via WiMax technology.

The Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel stall displays their products and services such as Broadband through M3 high speed wireless internet, Upahara package, SMART Packages and other post paid packages, as well as demonstrations of mFax and Mlearning which is an online education program offered together with University of Colombo, Faculty of Graduate Studies. There will also be special offers provided for visitors on broadband packages.