SLT rewarded for its Business Excellence in the Year 2008

SLT rewarded for its Business Excellence in the Year 2008

Sri Lanka Telecom(SLT) was the proud winner of three prestigious awards at the National Business Excellence Awards 2008, which was held at the Colombo Hilton recently for the 5th consecutive year. The National Business Excellence Awards, which is held annually, is a unique awards scheme introduced by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. It recognizes organizations that have succeeded in demonstrating the highest level of corporate excellence during the year, whilst making a significant contribution to the socio economic growth and development of the country through outstanding business practices. Applicants for the award are evaluated based on eight different criteria which include business and financial performance, global reach, knowledge integration, technological investment, capacity building, performance management, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. Those who win these prestigious and coveted awards are those corporates who have performed exceptionally well to earn the highest accolades that can be nationally bestowed. Sri Lanka Telecom was the Gold Winner of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sectorial Award, which is proof of the comprehensive world class infrastructure that SLT has built up over the years. With the company already laying down the giant infrastructure for international and domestic connectivity, SLT has the capability to serve the future demands of any corporate in Sri Lanka especially in terms of Internet Protocol (IP) services. Having been a catalyst for economic and social prosperity, the company has been responsible for impressive capital investments and initiatives to create the capacity for future growth of the industry. In return for the company’s outstanding efforts in this area, SLT became the Gold Winner of the award for Best Capacity Builder under the Best Performance Category. In addition to these two awards, SLT was also the Bronze winner in the Extra Large Category. Today SLT provides facilities and services which are unmatched in scope. The range of services provided is extensive and includes domestic and international voice, advanced data transmission services which include internet services on leased lines, broadband [on ADSL] and dial up, data circuits, frame relay solutions to IP services such as IP-VPN based on IP-MPLS technology, total corporate solutions of multiple services, satellite uplink services as well as mobile telephony through its fully owned subsidiary Mobitel. The awards bestowed on SLT at the National Business Excellence Awards is ample proof of the company’s ability to not simply “survive” even in times of turbulence but to perform exceedingly well and demonstrate the highest level of corporate excellence during the year whilst making a significant contribution to the development of the country.