TRCSL ‘fixing’ laws for equal play

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) is fixing coverage and service quality on the voice in mobile telephone sector while enacting related laws to be in line with international best practices and gearing for number portability by year end.

The TRCSL is currently at the technical planning stage and preparing the required legal frameworks for number portability, Oshada Senanayake, Director General TRCSL told the Business Times on Wednesday. The public consultation on number portability was done on February 18, he said. TRCSL which is on target to launch it towards the end of this year has also come out with two major pieces of legislation.