12 consortia to joint phone project tender<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government has chosen 12 consortia to take
\npart in the tender for the establishment of two million telephone
\nlines within the current Sixth Five-Year Development Plan
\n(Repelita VI) period.<\/p>\n
\"An inter-ministerial team comprised of various officials and
\nexperts announced today the 12 consortia which have passed the
\npre-qualifications,\" Secretary-General of the Ministry of
\nTourism, Post and Telecommunications Jonathan Parapak told
\nreporters after attending the closing ceremony of the ministry's
\nthree-day workshop here yesterday.<\/p>\n
He said the consortia were selected from among 30 that sent
\napplications to the government.<\/p>\n
\"The following step will be the submitting of tender documents
\nwithin a period of three months, to begin at the end of this
\nmonth. The contracts for the project are expected to be signed in
\nthe first quarter of next year,\" Parapak said.<\/p>\n
He refused to disclose how many consortia will be selected in
\nthe bid.<\/p>\n
The government expects to install five million telephone lines
\nwithin the Repelita VI period, of which two million lines will be
\noffered to private companies. The other three million lines will
\nbe established by the state-owned domestic telecommunications
\ncompany PT Telkom with a total investment of Rp 15 trillion
\n(US$6.88 billion).<\/p>\n
Parapak said that telephone line projects, except those in
\nJakarta and East Java, which will be established by Telkom, are
\nopen to private companies.<\/p>\n
Parapak said the 12 qualified consortia comprise both domestic
\nand foreign companies.<\/p>\n
\"The leaders of all of the consortia are domestic companies,\"
\nhe added.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Jakarta office of the Indonesian Association
\nof Domestic Telecommunications Firms (Apnatel), Audy Tambunan,
\ntold The Jakarta Post that one of the qualified consortia is
\nMitra Global Telekomunikasi Indonesia, which groups eight
\ncompanies. The consortium includes an operator, a supplier, a
\ncooperative and a foreign company -- Telstra of Australia.<\/p>\n
He said the other consortia involve foreign companies from
\nEurope, the United States and Japan. (icn)<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/12-consortia-to-joint-phone-project-tender-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}