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Leading messaging app Rakuten Viber and Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka\u2019s premier connectivity provider, announced their recent official partnership. After years of fruitful cooperation on the international voice business, Rakuten Viber was chosen as an international Application-to-Person (A2P) messaging platform for the country’s largest mobile network operator.
\nThe partnership will enable more than 300 Rakuten Viber carrier partners to comfortably communicate with more than 16 million Dialog Axiata customers using the Rakuten Viber A2P bilateral service.
\nMatan Barth, Senior Director of Telecom Services at Rakuten Viber, said: \u201cThis partnership is a very important step for Rakuten Viber and our continued efforts to expand the company presence and footprint in the APAC region. Our telecom partners will surely benefit from the new A2P communication channel we offer with Dialog Axiata to Sri Lanka.\u201d
\nRavi Sankar Vaddi, Senior Consultant – International Business and Enterprise Data at Dialog Axiata PLC, stated: “Rakuten Viber is one of the most popular messaging apps and has a very strong position in the market. Having their own developed infrastructure and a large presence in A2P messaging, Viber provides us with a high-quality A2P SMS traffic exchange. This allows Dialog\u2019s subscribers and clients to benefit from superior and assured connectivity, as their messaging experience becomes more seamless.”<\/p>\n

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\nAbout Rakuten Viber
\nViber is a calling and messaging app that connects people\u2013no matter who they are, or where they\u2019re from. Each month, hundreds of millions of people connect, for free, with their loved ones via messaging, high-quality voice and video calls and more.
\nViber Telecom Business expands the Viber core services with calls and SMS hubbing services allowing carriers to benefit from the strong global reach of Rakuten Viber network.<\/p>\n

About Dialog Axiata Group
\nDialog Axiata Group, a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), operates Sri Lanka\u2019s Leading Quad-Play Connectivity Provider. Dialog Axiata PLC, listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange, supplements its market leading position in the Mobile Telecommunications sector with a robust footprint and market presence in Sri Lanka\u2019s Fixed Telecommunications, Digital Pay Television, and Financial Services markets through its subsidiaries, Dialog Broadband Networks (Private) Limited (DBN), Dialog Television (Private) Limited (DTV), Digital Holdings Lanka (Private) Limited, and Dialog Finance PLC. Dialog Axiata Group is Sri Lanka’s largest Foreign Direct Investor (FDI) with investments totalling USD 2.8 Billion.
\nThe winner of six Global Mobile Awards, Dialog has the distinction of being voted by Sri Lankan Consumers as the \u2018Service Brand of the Year\u2019 and \u2018Youth Choice \u2013 Service Brand of the Year\u2019 for the second consecutive year, and the \u2018Telecommunication Brand of the Year\u2019 for a record tenth year at the SLIM People\u2019s Awards 2021. The Company was awarded \u2018Sri Lanka’s Most Valuable Brand\u2019 for the Third Consecutive Year and \u2018Most Valuable Telecommunications Brand\u2019 for the 14th consecutive year in the Brand Finance league table. It also won the TM Forum 2020 Excellence Award in Customer Experience & Trust Category. Dialog is an ISO 9001 certified Company and has received numerous local and international awards, including the National Quality Award and the Sri Lanka Business Excellence Award, and endorses the worldwide Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which aim to build a sustainable future for all by 2030.
\nDialog has been at the forefront of innovation and digitisation in the mobile industry in Sri Lanka since the late 90\u2019s, propelling the nation\u2019s mobile telephony infrastructure to a level of advancement on par with the developed world. The Company delivers advanced mobile telephony and high speed mobile broadband services to a subscriber base of over 16.2 Million Sri Lankans, via 2.5G and 3G\/3.5G and 4G\/4.5G networks, and in December 2018, Dialog showcased the first 5G pilot transmission in South Asia.<\/p>\n

For further inquiries, contact us at:
\nMariia Martyrosian
\nGlobal PR & Communications Lead, B2B
\nm: +31 64 572 60 22<\/p>\n

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