PT Telekomindo upgrades networks<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Telekomindo Prima Bhakti, an Advanced Mobile
\nPhone System (AMPS) analog cellular telephone operator, plans to
\nimprove its service by upgrading its networks into the Code
\nDivision Multiple Access (CDMA) technology.<\/p>\n
"We will select by the end of this year a suppliers out of
\nthree companies participating in the CDMA tender," Telekomindo's
\nvice president Peter Djatmiko said here over the weekend.<\/p>\n
He said that the three companies included Celcore, Motorola
\nand Lucent, all of the United States.<\/p>\n
Besides Telekomindo, a subsidiary of the Rajawali group which
\nis controlled by Peter Sondakh, there are two other AMPS
\noperators in Indonesia; PT Metrosel and PT Komselindo.<\/p>\n
Komselindo will also later this year choose a CDMA supplier
\nout of Samsung of South Korea, Lucent and Motorola.<\/p>\n
CDMA, already approved by the government to be applied in
\nIndonesia, is originally developed in the U.S. The system is
\nbeing adopted around the world as the wireless industry standard
\nto deliver digital cellular and personal communications services.<\/p>\n
Peter said that Telekomindo's the project of CDMA, to offer
\neconomical, clear and secure wireless communications, will cost
\nabout US$50 million.<\/p>\n
Peter said that Telekomindo, currently has some 8,000 AMPS
\nusers, in Bali, Kalimantan and southern Sumatra, expects to run
\nCDMA in late 1997. (icn)<\/p>",
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