Infrastructure development

Infrastructure development

PT Krone Indonesia started producing components and systems
for the development of telecommunications infrastructure in
Indonesia in 1993 at its factory in Kota Bukit Indah, Purwakarta,
West Java. The products are based on Krone's world famous quick
connection technology LSA-Plus for copper wires. Krone blocks MDF
71, Linking Strip 52, LSA-Plus Connection and Disconnection
Blocks, Cross Connection Cabinets, Distribution Points (DP's),
Overvoltage and Overcurrent Protection Systems have been widely
used all over Indonesia by PT Telkom and its five joint
operations.

PT Krone Indonesia's President Director Wolfgang Widemann said
that since then, pigtails, patchcords, preassembled modules and
distribution systems based on fiber-optic technology have been
added to the scope of products made by the company. Recently,
Krone introduced its Telecell Wireless Local Loop (WLL) system
for the provision of low-cost fixed wireless telephone, fax and
Internet connections in suburban and rural areas in Indonesia.

This system will allow Indonesia to rapidly improve its so far
low teledensity, which currently stands at about 2 percent, i.e.,
on average only two inhabitants out of 100 are subscribers to a
fixed telephone line.

PT Krone Indonesia is a joint-venture company of Krone AG of
Germany and the Indonesian Tempo Group, and it has contributed
significantly to the development of the Outside Plant
Telecommunications Network of PT Telkom and the joint operation
by providing the linkage between switches and from switches to
cross connects, MDF's, DP's and individual subscribers.

Although Krone structural cabling products have been used in
numerous Indonesian building complexes and multisite computer
network installations by banks, stockbroking firms, large
manufacturing groups, the oil and gas industry, hotels, etc.,
cabling systems from cables to cross-connect to outlets which
support the most demanding Broadhand applications in excess of
the existing design standards (TIA/EIA 568-A, ISO/IEC 11801:1995
and EN 50173:1995) with the specifications are being discussed
but have not yet become published agreed standards.