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).
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