Ratelindo eyes nationwide operation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The telecommunication company PT Ratelindo, a
\nsubsidiary of PT Bakrie Brothers, expects to expand its fixed
\nwireless telephone service nationwide by 1999, the company's
\ndirector for business and service development, Remedi
\nPerangingangin, said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Peranginangin said he was optimistic his company would get the
\nlicense to install fixed cellular lines in areas outside of Java
\nin 1999.<\/p>\n
"We are in the process of obtaining permits from the
\ngovernment to extend our operations nationwide," Peranginangin
\nsaid on the sidelines of a telecommunication seminar.<\/p>\n
He said Ratelindo expected to sell and install between 100,000
\nand 140,000 lines in Jakarta and West Java next year to obtain
\nthe permit to operate nationwide.<\/p>\n
Ratelindo had sold 110,000 fixed wireless telephone lines as
\nof this year, 80,000 of them were installed at an investment of
\nUS$1,000 per line, he said.<\/p>\n
Ratelindo obtained permits to install 250,000 lines in the
\ngreater Jakarta area and 50,000 lines in West Java.<\/p>\n
The Director General of Post and Telecommunication Djakaria
\nPurawidjaja said yesterday the ministry would not give the permit
\nfor the company to operate nationwide until it had installed the
\ntargeted 300,000 lines.<\/p>\n
Peranginangin said if Ratelindo was licensed to expand its
\noperation, it would begin the expansion on Java island, and then
\nSumatra, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
Earlier the company announced its plan to increase its line
\ncapacity to 500,000 fixed telephone lines by 1999.<\/p>\n
Peranginangin said the number of complaints of Ratelindo's
\nfixed wireless service was only 2 percent of the total number of
\nusers.<\/p>\n
Ratelindo, together with digital satellite network provider
\nHughes Network Systems Inc., held the one-day seminar yesterday.<\/p>\n
The seminar, attended by world telecommunication operators
\nfrom several countries, including Czechoslovakia, Russia, and
\nVietnam, discussed the technology progress of the GMH-2000
\nExtended Time Division Multiple Access (E-TDMA) wireless digital
\ncellular system provided by Hughes. (das)<\/p>",
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