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What is the

role of

Telcos in As Covid brought the education such as ‘Learn from Home’ with a

sector to a complete standstill, we
host of value added features to
uplifting the as connectivity providers imme- support students from different
diately worked around- the-clock
categories and teachers to contin-
in providing the necessary infra-
ue their services. For example, a
education in structure and connectivity solu- university student does a lot of
tions to help the undergraduates,
collaborative work hence they
students and institutes to carry out
spend a lot of time on research,
a pandemic their day to day learning activities team video conferencing whilst
in a hassle free manner.
on the other hand a student who is
in grade 5 only needs either voice
period? The very first challenge MNOs or messaging facility to connect
faced were how we can get
with their teacher. Understanding
students and teachers online?
Because, if you look at Sri Lanka this deviancy, we crafted exclu-
sive packages to support all these
we have a digital divide where segments whilst offering enha-
people in urban areas are more nced benefits such as extended
savvy with the latest technologies data usage, Value added packages
and the others are not so familiar for WhatsApp, Viber, and Zoom
with digital literacy. We knew it platforms. As MNOs, we are not
was challenging, but we partnered only privileged of helping the
with the Ministry of Education nation’s younger generation duri-
and online learning platforms to ng this difficult time but we also
integrate and support the younger take pride in driving the future
generation to carry out their learn- generation towards embracing
ings without any difficulties. digital literacy and transforming
Sri Lanka towards a knowledge
Further, at Mobitel, we conceptu- rich society.
alized exclusive product packages

06 January 2021