Dialog Axiata has issued a press release announcing the successful completion of what it claims is the first-ever trial of the Voice-over-New Radio (VoNR) service on a 5G Standalone (SA) trial network in Sri Lanka.

The release stated: ‘This is the first-ever implementation of Voice-Over-5G in Sri Lanka … with Huawei facilitating the telecom infrastructure for the project.

Further, Dialog customers can also experience the power of 5G on Sri Lanka’s largest 5G trial network, spanning over 70 locations across the country, including Colombo and several key cities’.