Telkom, Lucent extend ties

Telkom, Lucent extend ties

JAKARTA (JP): American telecommunications equipment maker
Lucent Technologies and RisTI, the research and development arm
of state telecommunications company PT Telkom, have agreed to
extend a 1997 agreement to jointly develop intelligent network
software in Indonesia.

Lucent said in a statement that since 1997, both companies had
been cooperating in developing three projects: distance learning
technologies for the education sector, an intelligent network for
business and government sectors and a telecommunications
management system to enhance the efficiency and quality of
Telkom's network.

Both companies have agreed to extend the cooperation for
another two years.

Lucent also said it had signed an agreement with Telkom to
expand the state company's tele-education facilities to Medan,
North Sumatra; Balikpapan, East Kalimantan; and Makassar, South
Sulawesi.

Telkom currently has tele-education facilities in Bandung,
West Java. (jsk)