RI vows to win transponder leasing race<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia, with its 27 years of experience in
\nsatellite telecommunications technology, expects to come out on
\ntop in the competition in satellite transponder leasing in the
\nAsia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n
The number of commercial transponders of the satellites
\ncovering the region is predicted to increase from about 500 this
\nyear to abut 800 next year.<\/p>\n
Currently there are more than 30 companies from 13 countries,
\nhiring the transponders of Indonesia's Palapa satellites. The 13
\ncountries include Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia,
\nPapua New Guinea, Vietnam, Australia, France, New Zealand, Hong
\nKong, Macao and the United States.<\/p>\n
The state-owned telecommunications companies, PT Telkom and PT
\nIndosat, have recently invited 15 telecommunications executives
\nfrom five countries, including Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos
\nand Papua New Guinea, to attend training on satellite
\ntelecommunications technology.<\/p>\n
Telkom's general manager for its satellite department, Bambang
\nSetiawan, said over the weekend that the two-week training course
\naimed to bolster cooperation among the six nations.<\/p>\n
\"Indonesia is also offering assistance to support
\ntelecommunications development in those countries,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has launched seven satellites since 1976.<\/p>\n
Competition in the transponder business in the region will
\nlikely become sharper as more countries launch their own
\nsatellites in the near future.<\/p>\n
Malaysia's Binariang Bhd., for example, will launch the first
\nMalaysia East Asia Satellite (Measat-1) by the end of next year
\nwith a digital cellular phone network. The satellite is to be set
\nin orbit in such a way as to cover an area extending from the
\nPhilippines to the Indian subcontinent and from north China to
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
The other companies which will launch regional satellites
\ninclude Thailand's Thaicom II, Hong Kong's AsiaSat 2, South
\nKorea's Koreasat, Japan's JCSat and Columbia's TDRS. China
\nlaunched its Apstar last Thursday, while Singapore and the
\nPhilippines plan to launch their own satellites next year.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, the first Asian country to use a telecommunications
\nsatellite, is preparing for the launching of two other
\nsatellites, Palapa-C1 in November 1995 and Palapa-C2 in 1996.
\n(icn)<\/p>",
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