UniverSL Group in Appzone app revolution

UniverSL Group is formed by three undergraduates of the University of Peradeniya, faculty of Science. Three of us; Roshan Gunathilake, Namal Wanninanyake and Devmal Nilanka Handapangoda are also work with UniverSL Software http://www.universlsoftware.com/ as web developers and graphic designers.

We had the interest in developing mobile applications as well. But we never thought we would develop Telco applications such as the ones based on SMS because of the difficulties in finding servers and lack of technical resources. But then we came across AppZone which was launched by Etisalat together with hSenid Mobile. We were able to participate in their first introductory workshop at the 1^st mBillionth South Asian Conference and Workshop in June on Mobile Content and Application Development for which both Etisalat and hSenid Mobile are strategic partners. There they introduced the Telco Applications Platform with a state of the art Telco Developer Portal which includes various resources such as simulators etc to develop messaging services very easily.

We were quite interested in developing an app and hosting it in the Platform. So we started developing an application and named it as COLOMBO GUIDE, which provides a complete set of information of about 200 important places in Colombo which not only includes their addresses and telephone numbers but also the bus routes to follow. 

We attended all the sessions they conducted and worked with them to make it this success. The AppZone team was always ready to lend us their helping hand whenever we had issues. While we were in the process of developing our app they announced the AppZone Mobile Application Competition. It was a great incentive for us to submit our application and participate in the competition.

The boost we got by developing and going live on AppZone with our first app made us move into developing even more applications. With the dedication and assistance given by the AppZone team we found it easy to work on the Developer Portal and the SDP Simulator. The implementation of the app is almost nothing if you have the right concept. Coming up with a cool concept which is highly demanded by Sri Lankan citizens is all what you need. 

If Etisalat and hSenid Mobile didn’t set the stage for us to develop, go live and feel the excitement of this revolution, these concepts will remain as just concepts forever. We would like to thank Etisalat and hSenid Mobile for their excellent commitment during this period conducting several extremely useful developer sessions.

Fellow Developers don’t hesitate to face challenges and experience new things…so come and be a part of the app revolution. Feel the exhilaration with AppZone!

Roshan Gunathilake

Namal Wanninanyake

Visit: http://apps.appzone.lk/