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Milestone Achievements

Milestone Achievements

  • 1993 - Commenced operations
  • 2002 - Became a wholly owned subsidiary of SLT
  • 2004 - Launched its fully-fledged 2.5G GSM network that is EDGE/GPRS enabled and designed to operate on dual band
  • 2007 - Launched its ‘super 3.5G’ network in December 2007 becoming the first in South Asia to implement a 3.5G HSPA network and being placed within the first ten in the world to  do so
  • 2008 - Hilton Colombo partnered Mobitel in the launch of the M3 Café.
  • 2009-
    • Became the official sponsor of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team leading up to the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Tournament
    • Entered into a partnership with Google, a Global name synonymous with the World Wide Web, to introduce "M3 Apps", an exclusive suite of services powered by Google Apps.
    • Became the first network in South Asia to Demonstrate HSPA+ MIMO to achieve 28 Mbps
  • 2010-
    • Mobitel becomes the founding operator from Sri Lanka to support ‘1 Goal: Education for All’ Mobile Campaign at the Mobile World Congress.
    • Mobitel joins the GSMA 'mWomen' Global initiative & empowers Sri Lankan Women.
    • A landmark partnership heralding a new era in m-Commerce is announced - Mobitel partners Sony to bring FeliCa (NFC) Technology to Sri Lanka.