Phone for diplomatic center

JAKARTA (JP): PT Abadi Guna Papan, a private company under the Bimantara Citra business Group, signed here yesterday an agreement with the state-owned PT Telkom domestic telecommunications company to construct telephone infrastructure at the Grand Kuningan diplomatic center.

Under the agreement which was signed by Abadi's deputy director Adityawarman Chandra and Chief of Telkom's Jakarta Office John Welly, Abadi will build the infrastructure with a duct system for 16,000 lines.

John said that the project, valued at Rp 1.4 billion (US$649,049), will be completed within six months.

He said that the project will be financed wholly by Abadi which is developing the diplomatic center in cooperation with the state-owned investment company PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia.

According to John, After the installation of the duct system Telkom will be able to install telephone connections in the area at a cost of only $1,000 per line unit.(icn)