Dialog Announced as Exclusive Technological Partner for Colombo Touch Parking Card Project

 

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, was recently announced as the Exclusive Technological Partner for the launch of the Touch Parking Card, launched by Tenaga Car Parks Pvt Ltd in a Public Private Partnership with the Colombo Municipal Council. The Touch Parking Card provides NFC (Near-field Communication) technology as a payment solution for issuing parking tickets. Further, the service will allow patrons to make payments more securely via eZ Cash and add to bill facilities, ensuring increased convenience and an easily accessible cashless payment mechanism.

The launch of the Touch Parking Card follows the deployment of street parking meters and POS (Point of Sales) devices in Colombo by Tenaga Car Parks Pvt Ltd, in line with the directive by the Colombo Municipal Council. As part of phase one of the project, services will be available from Galle Face to Wellawatta, along Galle Road and Duplication Road. Customers using this touch card will thus be able to use the stored value in the card for paying parking tickets or may extend hours via by dialling #444# from your Dialog mobile or eZ Cash app, Sri Lanka’s first and largest mobile money and payment service. Services are also expected to extend to Genie, the country’s first and only PCI-DSS certified payment app, as part of phase two of the project. Moreover, this initiative allows Parking Service Providers the option of maintaining records of vehicles and tickets.

Sharing his thoughts, Dr. Nushad Perera, Chief Digital Services Officer, of Dialog Axiata PLC said, “As one of the key drivers of Sri Lanka’s digital transformation, we are proud to be the Technological Partner for this initiative that aims to implement a cashless, more efficient and convenient parking system. This solution aims to provide Sri Lankans with an accessible, secure and digitised parking payment solution and we are proud to partner with Tenaga Car Parks Pvt Ltd to ensure its success.”

Commenting, Duminda Jayathilake, Managing Director, Tenaga Car Parks Pvt Ltd said, “Being the foremost company in parking solutions and traffic management in Sri Lanka, we have always strived to bring cutting edge innovations and solutions to the parking industry space. We are extremely proud to have Dialog Axiata, a key player in digital transformation in Sri Lanka as our technology partner. Together, we will bring cutting edge technology to the parking industry, keeping in line with the government's vision of creating a smart city.”

The Touch Parking Card can be purchased at Rs. 200/- and topped up at any Dialog Customer Care point or Touch retailer point with Sri Lankan enforcement officers issuing parking cards in the Colombo area. For more information, please contact Tenaga Car Parks Pvt Ltd on 0115869551 or the Colombo Municipal Council on 0112698529.

About Dialog Axiata Group

Dialog Axiata Group, a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), operates Sri Lanka’s 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’s Fixed Telecommunications and Digital Television markets through its fully owned subsidiaries Dialog Broadband Networks (Private) Ltd (DBN) and Dialog Television (Private) Ltd., (DTV). Dialog Axiata Group is Sri Lanka's largest Foreign Direct Investor (FDI) with investments totaling USD 2.3 Billion.

The winner of six Global Mobile Awards, Dialog has the distinction of being voted by Sri Lankan Consumers as the Telecom Service Provider of the Year for seven years in succession at the SLIM-Nielsen People's Choice Awards. Dialog was also voted by Sri Lankan consumers as the Internet Service Provider of the Year for six years consecutively, and has topped Sri Lanka’s Corporate Accountability rankings for the past eight years in succession, and is an ISO 9001 certified company. The Company has received numerous local and international awards including the National Quality Award, 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.

Dialog has been at the forefront of innovation in the mobile industry in Sri Lanka since the late 90’s, propelling the nation’s 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 in excess of 13 Million Sri Lankans, via 2.5G and 3G/3.5G and 4G/4.5G networks.

About Tenaga Car Parks (Pvt) Ltd

Tenaga Car Parks is the pioneer in providing parking and traffic management solutions in Sri Lanka. The company has commissioned 100 solar powered parking meters in Colombo, with an investment of LKR 250 million, in a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) with Colombo Municipal Council. The parking meters have a system where once a car occupies a parking spot, owners must pay the parking fee before departing. With over 20 years of experience in industrialized countries, Tenaga has managed facilities in Malaysia and India with the help of international partners including CALE, Dialog Axiata and Negete (Next Generation Technologies).