Telecoms contract signed

Telecoms contract signed

SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): PT Mitra Global Telekomunikasi
Indonesia, a private firm expected to install 400,000 lines in
Central Java, signed here yesterday a US$32.55-million contract
with PT Erindo Utama, the supplier of equipment made by Ericsson
of Sweden.

Based on the contract, which was signed by Mitra Global's vice
president, S.W.S. Hardjito, and Erindo's president, Fawzy Sidik,
the former company will install 50,000 lines using Wireless Local
Loop (WLL) technology supplied by the latter firm.

Mitra Global is one of the five private consortia which won
15-year joint operation contracts with the state-owned PT Telkom
to develop and manage telecommunications networks until 2010.

Mitra Global -- whose shares are owned by state-owned PT
Indosat, Telstra of Australia, NTT, Itochu and Sumitomo of Japan
and various domestic companies -- has also signed a contract
worth $79.4 million on the procurement of switching exchanges
from Lucent Technologies of the United States and state-owned PT
Inti.

Other deals already signed by Mitra Global include a $29.1-
million contract with PT Nasio for the supply of fiber optic
cables and a $29.71-million contract for the procurement of a
50,000-line WLL from a consortium grouping Nasio, NEC and NTT
International Corporation of Japan. (har/icn)