Lanka Bell has received approval from the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to proceed with an expansion project which would make available world class telecommunications including, voice, fax, e-mail and internet facilities to areas in the Country that are not yet connected, using cutting edge CDMA technology.

Company sources said millions of US dollars will be pumped into this project, which is one of Lanka Bell's biggest focus areas, this year.

The 'next generation' CDMA technology, which has revolutionised the wireless industry, significantly enhances service capabilities far more than that of other digital technologies.

Connectivity will be just a matter of a wireless handset with an antenna with the end-user benefiting by immediate connectivity as well as low cost calls, which is a direct benefit of the CDMA technology through Lanka Bell.

Short for Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA is a new generation digital telecommunications technology that uses 'spread spectrum' technique. This means that information contained in a particular signal covers a much greater bandwidth, thereby providing superior voice clarity and higher data speeds resulting in providing better communications.

"We are happy to play a significant role in the Government's vision of economic empowerment to the people in rural Sri Lanka and look forward to implementing the project as quickly as possible" said Deputy Managing Director of Lanka Bell, Suren Goonewardene.