Telstra wants mobile radio phone project<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): After losing the battle for shares in PT
\nTelkomsel, Australia's Telstra now wants to buy a stake in
\nanother Indonesian telecommunications provider.<\/p>\n
A telecommunications analyst said yesterday that the
\nAustralian company was now in an "advanced phase" of its newest
\nshare acquisition plan in a mobile radio phone firm.<\/p>\n
Telstra and Cable & Wires of Britain have recently been beaten
\nby PTT Telecom Netherlands in a bidding for a 22.5 percent stake
\nworth some US$500 million in Telkomsel, a provider of the global
\nsystem for mobile communications (GSM) owned by PT Telkom and PT
\nIndosat.<\/p>\n
Radio trunking system need less infrastructure investment than
\ncellular phone networks, therefore lowering air-time charges to
\ncustomers.<\/p>\n
The 400 megahertz system is also able to transmit data and
\nconnect to household telephones, although it is usually offered
\nto companies or institutions, not individuals.<\/p>\n
There are three mobile radio phone firms currently operating
\nin Indonesia, PT Mobilkom Telekomindo, PT Jastrindo Dinamika and
\nPT Maesa Nusatama.<\/p>\n
The analyst, who asked to remain anonymous, said that Telstra
\nhad committed to work with private and public Indonesian
\ncompanies on projects worth more than $200 million.<\/p>\n
The Australian government-owned company has already been
\ninvolved in PT Mitra Global Telekomunikasi Indonesia to install a
\ntelecommunications network in Central Java in the coming 15
\nyears.<\/p>\n
Mitra Global, which will install 400,000 fixed telephone lines
\nin Central Java, is 20 percent owned by PT Widya Duta, 30 percent
\nby PT Indosat, 20 percent by Telstra, 15 percent by NTT, 2.5
\npercent by Kokarindo, 10 percent by Krida, 1.25 percent by Itochu
\nand 1.25 percent by Sumitomo. (icn)<\/p>",
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