Alcatel wins GSM order

Alcatel wins GSM order

JAKARTA (JP): Alcatel of France and PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo) signed a new 5-year supply and installation frame agreement for Satelindo's GSM network.

Under the agreement, valued at over US$130 million, Alcatel will implement the third phase of its global system mobile (GSM) communications network for the island of Java, providing coverage for key economic areas such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and Semarang.

Alcatel said that the contract calls for turnkey supply and installation of a complete GSM system, including network subsystem elements, base station controllers and radio base stations as well as the associated microwave transmission equipment and the necessary engineering services.

Alcatel's system, with a deployment schedule of one year, will provide Satelindo with sufficient additional network capacity to cope with the steady increase in traffic and customers.

Satelindo's president, Iwa Sewaka, said his company is committed to increasing investment in order to speed up GSM network deployment.(hen)