Lintasarta selects Nortel

JAKARTA (JP): Private data communications service provider PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta will upgrade its equipment with Magellan asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) data switches from Canadian firm Nortel.

Nortel announced yesterday Lintasarta would provide nationwide data network services for 35 Indonesian cities by the end of the year with ATM services by 1999.

Nortel will then manage Lintasarta's network and allow it to perform fault management, configuration management and network planning on platform.

Nortel gained US$12.8 billion in revenue last year designing, building and integrating digital networks for information, entertainment and education worldwide. (icn)