February 03, 2010, Colombo. Bharti Airtel Lanka, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider announced a tie up with eChanneling PLC. The service enables all Airtel customers to access online medical channeling services through their Airtel mobile.

With e-Channeling services uniformly available to both Postpaid and Prepaid customers, simply dialing 225 from an Airtel mobile provides direct access to channeling medical specialists. While charges for appointments made by Postpaid customers will be added to their monthly bill, for all Prepaid customers who make an appointment, charges will be deducted from their talktime. Furthermore, the service has also been made available to all corporate customers as well.

On the occasion of the launch, Amali Nanayakkara, CEO Bharti Airtel Lanka stated, “We are delighted to introduce e-Channeling services on Airtel. eChanneling provides all Airtel customers ample convenience while enhancing efficiency in channeling medical specialists of their choice at the touch of a button. With our intent to constantly add value to the lives of the customers we serve, eChanneling will be one of the many services that we will rollout, providing all our customers access to more and more innovative services in the future.”

Asanga Karunaratana, CEO eChannelling PLC stated that “eChanneling Services on Airtel will avail customers of vital healthcare information and facilitate quick and efficient access to medical attention. We are therefore extremely pleased to partner Airtel, Sri Lanka’s fastest growing wireless service provider and be part of providing innovative lifestyle solutions to its customers.”