Forward Newsletter - Issue 21 | Page 20

Application Developers and Content Providers. world leader in terms of the affordability and availability of mobile services while another report published by US-based Akamai Technologies placed Sri Lanka ahead of nations such as Australia, Malaysia, China and India in terms of Broadband speeds. Since its inception in 1995, Dialog has continued to spearhead Sri Lanka’s position as a regional and global leader in terms of Advanced Mobile Services, and even more importantly in terms of the plural affordability and life changing value of the resulting services to the country’s population.   Sri Lanka was the first country in South Asia to launch GSM services in 1995 and has since secured many other regional firsts including the first 3G-enabled country in 2006 and the first nation to support commercial 4G services in 2013. Sri Lanka has also been recognised by the ITU for providing its citizens with the most affordable (lowest priced) Mobile and Data services. More recently, a World Development Report published by The World Bank highlighted Sri Lanka as The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting 800 over network operators with more than 250 companies providing products and services in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device manufacturers, software companies, equipment providers and Internet companies. The annual Global Mobile Award serves as a platform to recognise world leaders in the sector who spawn inventive thinking that will drive the industry over the next two decades. 7TH IN THE WORLD IN CERTIFIED MANAGER OF SOFTWARE TESTING (CMST), USA, BUDDHINI WACKISTAARATCHIE Umanga Buddhini Wackista-aratchie is a result driven  Software Quality Assurance Manager with over  12 years  of industry experience in diverse areas of Software Testing, Business Analysis, Test methodologies, Agile Testing, Test team management, Stakeholder Management and Customer support. Currently working as, the Manager - Quality Assurance / Head of QA Division at OpenArc Systems Management (Pvt.) Ltd. She is amongst the first and only qualified Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST) in Sri Lanka who became seventh in the world currently and her achievement has been ratified by Software Certifications (Administered by QAI Global Institute, USA). 20