RI to operate regional mobile satellite<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will offer regional mobile satellite
\ntelecommunication services in cooperation with other countries
\nwithin the Asia-Pacific region, an executive said.<\/p>\n
"We are discussing this with companies from several countries
\nin the region and the final decision on partnership will
\nhopefully be established in August," the president of PT Pasifik
\nSatelit Nusantara (PSN), Adi Rahman Adiwoso, told reporters after
\ndelivering his presentation at a telecommunications business
\nseminar yesterday.<\/p>\n
He said that after the establishment of the cooperation, the
\ncompanies involved will immediately order the construction of a
\ncommunications satellite from one of the three satellite
\nproducers in the United States.<\/p>\n
According to Adiwoso, three companies in the world can produce
\nsatellites with a large coverage capacity; Hughes Aircraft
\nCompany, G.E. Martin Maritta Astro and Loral, all of which are
\nU.S. firms.<\/p>\n
He said that the idea of developing mobile satellite
\ntelecommunications in the region started early last year.<\/p>\n
"The government has agreed to the idea and the planned
\nsatellite will likely be placed at 80.5, 118, 123.5 or 135
\ndegrees in geo-stationary orbit," he said, adding that the
\nsatellite will be able to serve about one million subscribers.<\/p>\n
He said that the cost of the project, estimated at between
\nUS$800 and US$900 million, will be shared among the members in
\nthe partnership.<\/p>\n
"A contract for the satellite construction will likely be
\nsigned in December," Adiwoso said, "The construction is expected
\nto be completed within three years."<\/p>\n
PSN, operating in satellite management, is 40 percent owned by
\nTelkom, 30 percent by PT Electrindo Nusantara, 10 percent by
\nAdiwoso and another PSN executive, Iskandar Alisjahbana, 10
\npercent by Hughes of the United States and 10 percent by Telesat
\nof Canada.(icn)<\/p>",
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