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SLT’s Next Generation Network is already serving major Government institutes and key enterprise customers on  IPv6  ready platform Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the nation’s number one integrated communications service provider and the leading broadband and backbone infrastructure services provider in the country, proudly announced the successful deployment of IPv6, the world’s latest Internet Protocol (IP) version in its Internet Service Provider (ISP) arm, SLTnet on the world’s IPv6 launch day. As a dominant player in the internet market, this is part of the company’s commitment to take the country to greater heights and broader dimensions in the ICT arena by bringing home the latest futuristic and cutting-edge technologies. SLT has IPv6-enabled its corporate web site, http://www.slt.lk, to celebrate the theme of this year’s Global IPv6 day – “This time it is for real” – which was on 6 June. SLT has been operating a separate IPv6-enabled web site, http://www.ipv6.sltnet.lk

PROSTITUTION among Zimbabweans living in South Africa has reached dramatic levels with some men being blamed for pimping their home girls for financial gains, The ZimDiaspora has found out. These men, most of whom are also Zimbabweans have found their illicit activities to be lucrative such that they now don’t bother searching for jobs anymore, preferring to market bodies of their home girls at a time when South Africa ranks as a world’s second highest country devastated by the deadly HIV, AIDS . Our investigations have revealed that a sizeable number of Zimbabwean women were flocking to South Africa to find themselves in the hands of their fellow countrymen who pimp them out. The women are now eking-out a living through marketing their bodies against the scourge of HIV Aids which has claimed millions of lives around the world. A concerned Zimbabwean woman in South Africa, Thembi Khumalo said: “It’s very sad, but almost all of them they are doing it because they have no choic

Facebook Inc's 26 percent slide from its initial offering price may have investors who got in on the ground floor feeling resentful, but some fund managers are eager to see shares dip even further. Technology glitches and a communications breakdown marred Facebook's $16 billion IPO on May 18, leading many observers to believe the initial stock was overvalued, contributing to its free-fall over the past two weeks. Still, the company isn't value-free and at some price, shares represent an opportunity, portfolio managers say. "There is no company in the Internet area that has gained such a huge market share in such a short period of time," said Mark Hawtin, portfolio manager of the $64 million GAM Star Technology Strategy, a portfolio for offshore investors launched in February 2011. "It's absolutely a value asset in the Internet world." Hawtin believes $18 to $25 a share "would be a great entry point." While many analysts are co

Two suspects responsible for robberies in the Sanathawatta area in Warakapola have been arrested by police, following investigations into the theft of a gold necklace worth around Rs. 150,000 from a residence in the area. Warakapola Police was able to recover the stolen necklace after interrogating the suspects, who will be produced at Thulhiriya Magistrate’s Court today.