Telecom projects offered<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government will choose only five consortia
\nto establish two million telephone lines within the current Sixth
\nFive-Year Development Plan (Repelita VI) period, a senior
\nofficial said.<\/p>\n
\"The government will select five of the 150 consortia that
\nhave sent applications to the government,\" Director General of
\nPost and Telecommunications Djakaria Purawidjaja told reporters
\nin a workshop here yesterday.<\/p>\n
He said after the selection of the five consortia, there will
\nbe an open bid on the location of the telephone line
\nconstruction.<\/p>\n
\"The bid will be based on fundamental technical plans, which
\norganize how the construction should be conducted,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He refused to say when the announcement will be published.<\/p>\n
The government expects to install five million telephone lines
\nwithin the Repelita VI period, of which two million lines will be
\noffered to private companies.<\/p>\n
Telkom plans establish the other three million lines with a
\ntotal investment of Rp 15 trillion (US$6.93 billion).<\/p>\n
Djakaria said the private consortia participating in the
\ntelecommunications projects should involve the state-owned
\ndomestic telecommunications company PT Telkom. (icn)<\/p>",
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