Astra and Mitra sign $10m deal

Astra and Mitra sign $10m deal

JAKARTA (JP): PT Astra Graphia and PT Mitra Global
Telekomunikasi Indonesia have signed a US$10.1 million-deal to
establish an Integrated Operation Support System project for
telecommunication services in Central Java.

Under the project, Astra Graphia will provide a support system
for Central Java's telecommunication management network, which
will include services such as network traffic management,
performance rating and recording and network administration.

Mitra Global was commissioned by state-owned PT Telkom last
year to set up 400,000 new telephone lines in Central Java by
March 1999. Mitra Global will manage the lines together with an
existing 325,000 lines, previously installed by Telkom, until
2010.

Mitra Global is one of five private consortia that won 15-year
joint-operation contracts to install approximately 2.2 million
telephone lines in Central Java, West Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan
and the eastern islands.

It is a consortium jointly owned by the state-owned PT
Indosat, PT Widya Duta Infotel, Telstra of Australia, NTT, Itochu
and Sumitomo of Japan, and various domestic companies.

According to a statement from Astra Graphia, the planned
telecommunication management network project will apply a system
from Digital Equipment Corporation.

The system is presently used by more than 30 telephone
operators that apply fixed line and wireless systems.

The project will be implemented over a 10-month period using
an Alpha Server 4100 processor. (pwn)