Aitken Spence Cuts Costs
The Background
Aitken Spence is one of the Sri Lanka's oldest and highly successful business entities. It has a widely diversified portfolio of activities that include travel, hotels, freight forwarding, cargo storage, courier services, printing and insurance amongst other things.

The Requirement
The group needed to improve efficiency through the centralization of operations primarily in the areas of reservations, billing, payment, stocks and supplies, human resource management and customer relations management.

The Solution
SLT's Frame Relay Network enabled the Group to access a centralised data base which encompassed all the areas outlined above and streamlined groups activities and improved efficiency. It also provided management with extremely accurate accounting and financial information.

The Group's Head Office is connected to the SLT network with a 2Mbps line. Other locations such as the Kandalama Hotel in Dambulla, the Tea Factory Hotel in Kandapola and Ace Cargo in Biyagama are connected to the Frame Relay Network using 128Kbps leased lines. In addition to using this data network for bulk data transfer among the Group's various locations, the same network has also been used for corporate voice, which has resulted in securing huge savings on toll by pass.
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John Keells Improves Connectivity
The Background
John Keells is one of Sri Lanka's largest and most diversified business conglomerates. It has a portfolio of activities that include travel, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, food and beverage production and retailing, real estate and information technology. The Group has a number of branches and regional offices whose activities are overseen by its Head Office in Colombo.

The Requirement
The Group needed to link its Metropolitan Network to its Head Office and connect its regional network to the office in Union Place, and it's head quarters in Glennie Street.

The Solution
SLT has successfully deployed an optical fibre network among the group's metropolitan network, which consists of 6 locations. It is connected by dark fibre for Data and two E1 links were also provided for intra voice communication by SLT. In addition all six locations have a DIOD facility via PSTN E1s.

The Company's regional network was linked to its headquarters via two main exchanges through our Frame Relay Network. 31 type I locations have been provided with 128k links and 3E1 connections link them to the company's Head Office in Glennie Street, while all type II locations are connected to the John Keells Union Place office with 64K links.
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Eagle Insurance Finds the Edge
The Background
Eagle Insurance is a member of the Zurich Financial Services Group of Switzerland, is among the leading insurance companies in Sri Lanka and was recently awarded ISO 9000 certification for risk engineering.

The Requirement
With 3 Metropolitan Offices and 12 Regional Offices scattered throughout the island, Eagle Insurance recognised the need to improve the communications facilities among the regional and metropolitan sectors of the business.

The Solution
Sri Lanka Telecom provided a total solution to the company's communications requirements via a frame relay network that connects Eagle Insurance's regional network to its Metropolitan Offices. In addition, a point-to-point link was set up to link all 3 of the company's Metropolitan offices, while an E1 fiber Link enabled the facilitation of a call centre in the company's Head Quarters.
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