Telecom Access Rankings in South Asia

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Cross Post from LIRNE Asia . Written by Rohan Samarajiva on October 24, 2009. According to the ITU ICTeye , which is now carrying 2008 data, Pakistan’s surge to overtake Sri Lanka has petered out, leaving the Maldives (143 active SIMs/100 people) as the undisputed leader in mobile connectivity (apparently all adult Maldivians carry two active SIMs; there are only two operators in the Maldives), and Sri Lanka second with 52 SIMs per 100 people. On the fixed side, assisted by CDMA phones

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Sri Lanka: Supreme Court suspends three environmental levies

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Supreme Court today (Nov 01, 2008) ordered the suspension of three environmental levies imposed recently, reported Lanka Dissent. Accordingly, the levies imposed on telecommunication towers, CFC bulbs of more than 40 Watts as well as the levy imposed on vehicles in the Western Province were directed to be suspended. Should we open a bottle of Champaign? May be not. It was not LIRNEasia that took Environment Ministry to courts. Still we take pride in fighting against these irrational environ

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Sri Lankan Rebels Bomb Colombo Power Plant, Army Camp in North

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By Paul Tighe Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam bombed a power plant in the capital, Colombo, and a military camp in the north as the army advances on the rebel headquarters to try to end the country’s 25-year civil war. The raid early today “caused minor damage” to the Kelani- Tissa power plant and occurred shortly after rebel light aircraft bombed a camp at Mannar, the Defense Ministry said on its Web site. Power was cut in Colombo for about an hour, the

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