SLT-Mobitel hosts ‘Innovation Day 2023’

SLT-Mobitel has successfully hosted the first ‘Innovation Day 2023, supporting staff and budding external entrepreneurs. 
The Innovation Day featured an exciting line-up of exhibits at ‘The Embryo’ R&D Unit, and showcasednovel products such as 5G demo items, Querio AI, Raccoon AI, Smart Agro, Univo, Portable Soil Tester, NBIoT Dev Kit, Smarter Q, IIoT CMS, Emy BOT, etc. Further, solutions developed by the Intrapreneurship Studio Finalists and the Entrepreneurship Studio finalists were also exhibited.
The finalists had the opportunity to exhibit their innovations and were presented with awards. Janaka Abeysinghe, the CEO of SLT, along with the senior management of SLT-Mobitel attended the event. 

One of activities in Innovation Day was the awarding of the ‘Intrapreneurship Studio Programme — Cohort 2023/24’. 
The programme was designed to empower internal innovators and entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into groundbreaking new products and solutions.
In addition, through the ‘Entrepreneurship Studio Programme – Cohort 2023/24’, SLT-Mobitel was able to reach out to external innovators/start-ups. Outstanding winners from the programme were announced to receive business support package worth Rs. 1.5 million. 
The initiative aimedat supporting external innovation aligned tothe organization. 
The event also served as a launchpad to enhance SLT-Mobitel’s portfolio by incorporating promising products and solutions developed through the programmes. 
By featuring innovators, Innovation Day aimed at catalysing an innovative culture, growing strategic partnerships, providing impactful demonstrations, and ensuring new product onboarding.
The event took place recently at the SLT-Mobitel R&D Centre.