Telstra bids for networks<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Telstra Corporation Ltd. of Australia reported
\nyesterday that it is bidding for the expansion of local
\ntelecommunication networks in Central Java and Sumatra under a
\nbuild, operate and transfer agreement with PT Telkom.<\/p>\n
Ross Abbott, Telstra's general manager for Indonesia, said
\nthat his company, together with its partners in the consortium of
\nMitra Global Telekomunikasi Indonesia, has filed its bids with
\nTelkom, the state-owned domestic telecommunications company.<\/p>\n
Telstra's consortium partners include PT Indosat, the state-
\nowned international telecommunications firm, and NTT of Japan.
\nAbbott said that the consortium, under the bidden contracts,
\nwill increase telecommunication networks in the two territories
\nfrom around 150,000 lines to 550,000 lines.<\/p>\n
He said that Telstra will also develop and operate a trunk
\nprivate mobile radio service in a number of Indonesian cities
\nover the next five years.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Telstra, in cooperation with Indosat, is building a
\nnew optical fiber submarine cable between Australia and
\nIndonesia, which will start operation at the end of 1996, he
\nsaid.(32)<\/p>",
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