Three countries to meet on telecommunications issues<\/p>\n
Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Senior officials of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand will meet
\nhere for two days next week to discuss cooperation in the
\ntelecommunication sector.<\/p>\n
Director General of Post and Telecommunications Djamhari Sirat
\nis expected to open the IMT-GT (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand --
\nGrowth Triangle) forum meeting on Monday.<\/p>\n
The IMT-GT forum was established in early 1993 to help boost
\neconomic development and business cooperation in several areas of
\nthe three nations. The economic-growth zone covers Nanggroe Aceh
\nDarussalam, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, South
\nSumatra, Bengkulu, and Lampung in Indonesia; Kedah, Penang,
\nPerak, Selangor and Perlis in Malaysia; and Narathiwat, Pattani,
\nSatun, Songkhla and Yala in Thailand.<\/p>\n
The meeting in Indonesia is the third to be organized by the
\nforum on telecommunications industry. The first meeting of the
\nforum was held in Malaysia in 2002, followed with the second one
\nin Thailand last year.<\/p>\n
The Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications said in
\na statement that the meeting will start with presentations by the
\nthree countries on their newest policies and regulations in the
\ntelecommunications sector.<\/p>\n
Later on, representatives of the three countries are expected
\nto discuss several project proposals which the three nations may
\njointly execute.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian delegation will present several project
\nproposals, including the Connected IMT-GT project from PT Sigma,
\nthe Local Government Based on IP-Broadband Wireless from the
\nAgency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT),
\nand the Rural Telephony project from PT Quasar.<\/p>",
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