Sri Lanka, April 4 -- Sri Lanka has taken a major step towards digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) with the signing of an Engineering Consultancy Services Agreement under the patronage of Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa and Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mr. Isomata Akio.

The agreement was signed yesterday (April 3) at the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), Ministry of Digital Economy, Colombo. Dr. Anil Jasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, and Gaku Adachi, Managing Director of Japan Engineering Consultancy Services, formally signed the agreement.

The project is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Mass Media with financial and technical support ...