Pan Asiasat launches Rainbow Internet access<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Hong Kong-based Pan Asiasat Media Ltd marked
\nits debut in the Indonesian Internet industry on Tuesday with the
\nlaunching of \"Rainbow\", a service that offers Internet users
\nhigh-speed Internet access via satellite connection.<\/p>\n
The company said it had invested a total of US$50 million in
\nIndonesia to develop its business in information technology and
\ntelecommunication here.<\/p>\n
\"Indonesia is a potential market with Internet users reaching
\n890,000 in 1999 and with an estimated 2.4 million users by 2004,\"
\nPan Asiasat chairman Patrick D Cheung said in a press statement.<\/p>\n
As its market, the company targets, among others, hotels,
\napartments, shopping and office centers, Internet cafes,
\ncommercial buildings and real estates.<\/p>\n
Pan Asiasat said it planned to win 20,000 customers in its
\nfirst year of operation.<\/p>\n
\"It's the first company in Indonesia that is offering an
\nintegrated satellite communication...which would help end-users
\n(customers) get fast and comprehensive service under a
\ncompetitive price,\" Pan Asiasat said.<\/p>\n
The company said it is offering an integrated satellite
\nconnection that could bypass existing telephone lines to access
\nthe Internet.<\/p>\n
While current telephone-based Internet connection limits users
\nto a bandwidth of 56 kilobytes per second (Kbps), \"Rainbow\" can
\nboost access speed to up to 6 megabytes per second (Mbps),
\naccording to the company.<\/p>\n
\"Bad infrastructure can create a bottleneck, which would slow
\ndown Internet access,\" Pan Asiasat's technical director Itjuk
\nTjugiarto said.<\/p>\n
The high-speed Internet access is called broadband Internet
\naccess and is useful for downloading large multimedia files like
\nmusic, video and graphics.<\/p>\n
Pan Asiasat said it was using the Telkom-1 satellite of the
\nstate telecommunication firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia to cover
\nthe Indonesian area.<\/p>\n
Aside from Pan Asiasat, earlier this year giant business group
\nLippo also launched its broadband Internet access service under
\nKabelvision. But instead of using satellite connection,
\nKabelvision uses fiber-optic cable connection.<\/p>\n
Both companies charge customers a monthly flat rate of
\napproximately $50 for 24-hour a day access.<\/p>\n
Pan Asiasat is also offering other services such as developing
\ne-commerce applications, web hosting and a portal for Wireless
\nApplication Protocol (WAP) enabled cellular phones.(bkm)<\/p>",
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