Holland's Detron enters Indonesia

Holland's Detron enters Indonesia

JAKARTA (JP): Detron Telecommunications of the Netherlands will expand its business into Indonesia in an effort to gain a slice of the lucrative and rapid growing telecommunications industry in the country.

Detron's executive Simon van den Dries told The Jakarta Post here yesterday that the development in both fixed and mobile telecommunications provide opportunities for companies like Detron, which offers a "one-stop-shopping" service for telecommunications firms.

He said that Detron offers telecommunications and communications services, telecommunications training and recruitment.

"We offer Odyssey, a radio and network planning system which will support cellular operators and predict best locations for radio base stations," he said.

Detron's chief representative for its Beijing office, Boudewijn Pesch, said his company targets three major potential customers, including telecommunications operators, equipment vendors and large telecommunications users like hotels and other businesses applying large-scale telecommunications systems.

"We have contacts with three major operators in Indonesia: PT Telkomsel, PT Satelindo and PT Indosat. We expect to have contracts with the companies after we begin operation next January," he said.

Detron was set up in April 1991 following the acquisition of a local engineering company which had a parent company in Vegel, the Netherlands. The company runs several business units including telecommunications, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, consulting engineers and interim technology.

In Indonesia, Detron also runs PhoneRent, a company which offers daily rentals of mobile cellular handsets, laptops and facsimile. (icn)