Microimage won 3 Gold awards
including the Overall Best Product Gold to become the Kings of
Software Innovation for 2005 at BCS National Best Quality Software
Awards held recently in Colombo, a press release said.
Microimage won
the GOLD award in the “Communications Application” category, and won
the Sri Lanka Telecom Special Award, the GOLD in the “Best Overall
Product” category. Microimage thus earned the right to enter its
“mobile messaging & browser” product in the Asia Pacific ICT Awards
(APICTA), to be held in Bali, Indonesia this year.
“We are
extremely thrilled to hit the top with our product/platform for
localization of mobile phones to support messaging & content
browsing which was a result of years of R&D and hard work. And
further its a tremendous feeling to achieve this at a time when we
celebrate our 10th Anniversary since incorporation" said Harsha
Purasinghe CEO of Microimage.
Microimage was
founded in 1993 by a group of A-level students who were passionate
about innovating new technology and software solutions. Incorporated
in 1995, it now has a staff of 40 at its Development Centre and
Corporate Office in Colombo, with its own branch operation in
Bangladesh, and business partners in several regional countries, to
represent its products. From humble beginnings as a provider of
desktop local language software, the company has become a leading
technology innovator and enterprise software solutions provider.
"We are
grateful to our business partners mainly Dialog Telkom and its
senior management who have given tremendous support by launching
these mobile software products commercially. and facilitating us to
take our R&D work to the next level. Also the support extended by
mobile operators Celltel Lanka Limited & Dhiraagu Telecom of
Maldives was a great strength” added Mr. Purasinghe.
The company’s
key clients include Dialog Telkom, Dhiraagu Telecom of Maldives,
Lanka Bell, HSBC Bank, DFCC Bank, Hemas Holdings, MAS Holdings/Sara
Lee, çargills, Royal Ceramics, Hirdaramani Group, Expo Lanka Group,
Sri Lanka Telecom, FDK Corporation, ABC Radio Networks and
Government Institutions.