Inti, Alcatel set up JVC

Inti, Alcatel set up JVC

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned telecommunications equipment
producer PT Inti and the telecommunications division of Alcatel
Cables of French Alcatel have signed an agreement to form a joint
venture fiber optics company.

Alcatel said yesterday the new company, which will be in
Jakarta and start production early next year, was 70 percent
owned by Alcatel and 30 percent by Inti.

The new company's annual capacity was 150,000 kilometers, the
company said.

PT Elektrindo Nusantara, a Bimantara Group subsidiary, planned
to participate in the new company, Alcatel said. (icn)