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Free Wifi access from tomorrow ::: Dailymirror.lk ::: Breaking News
Lankan citizens will be able to enjoy free Wifi internet access at selected 26 public locations across the island from tomorrow (30), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Telecommunications and IT said.
The Information Communication and Technology Agency said it would expand the services to 1000 public spaces across the island by the end of August.
Foreign Affairs Media Secretary, Daniel Alphonsus said they have not established any restrictions on the free Wifi service.
“At the beginning there were no barriers for the Wifi users, but after analysing the service with the time, our technicians will take necessary technological methods to control the service,” Mr. Alphonsus said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera, along with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and six other ministers will inaugurate the programme at the Colombo Fort Railway station tomorrow (30).
The inauguration will be simultaneously telecast on giant LED screens at the Jaffna, Polonaruwa and Matara Railway Stations and bus stands.
The 26 public locations are: Fort Railway Station, Pettah Public and Private Bus Stands, the Temple of the Tooth Kandy, Floating Market in Pettah, Colombo Law College, Colombo Public Library, Dehiwela Zoo, Colombo Racecourse, Colombo Police Head Quarters, Galle Railway Station, Jaffna Railway Station, Fort Dutch Hospital, Galle Face Colombo, Battaramulla Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo Museum, Karapitiya Hospital, Rathnapura Museum, Polonnaruwa Base Hospital, Matara Bus Stand, Polonnaruwa Railway Station, Matara Railway Station, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden, Jaffna Public Library, Kandy Railway Station and Peradeniya Railway Station. -
Lankan citizens will be able to enjoy free Wifi internet access at selected 26 public locations across the island from tomorrow (30), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Telecommunications and IT said.
The Information Communication and Technology Agency said it would expand the services to 1000 public spaces across the island by the end of August.
Foreign Affairs Media Secretary, Daniel Alphonsus said they have not established any restrictions on the free Wifi service.
“At the beginning there were no barriers for the Wifi users, but after analysing the service with the time, our technicians will take necessary technological methods to control the service,” Mr. Alphonsus said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera, along with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and six other ministers will inaugurate the programme at the Colombo Fort Railway station tomorrow (30).
The inauguration will be simultaneously telecast on giant LED screens at the Jaffna, Polonaruwa and Matara Railway Stations and bus stands.
The 26 public locations are: Fort Railway Station, Pettah Public and Private Bus Stands, the Temple of the Tooth Kandy, Floating Market in Pettah, Colombo Law College, Colombo Public Library, Dehiwela Zoo, Colombo Racecourse, Colombo Police Head Quarters, Galle Railway Station, Jaffna Railway Station, Fort Dutch Hospital, Galle Face Colombo, Battaramulla Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo Museum, Karapitiya Hospital, Rathnapura Museum, Polonnaruwa Base Hospital, Matara Bus Stand, Polonnaruwa Railway Station, Matara Railway Station, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden, Jaffna Public Library, Kandy Railway Station and Peradeniya Railway Station. -
