Telkom using technology from Korea

Telkom using technology from Korea

JAKARTA: State telecommunications company PT Telkom has
started operating the code division multiple access (CDMA)
facilities supplied by South Korean electronics giant Samsung
Electronics, a press release said Friday.

Samsung said the equipment, called the "base station system"
(BSS), which it had installed in Surabaya, began commercial
operation this Monday.

The CDMA 2000 1X-system equipment, which has the capacity of
serving 40,000 telephone lines, provides voice calls, Internet
access, email service, short messaging service, facsimile
transmission and voice mails.

The project was part of the deal signed by Samsung and Telkom
under the deal worth US$200 million, aimed to modernize
Indonesia's telecommunications network.

Under the deal, Samsung will supply the BSS to Java,
Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Bali with a total capacity of 800,000
telephone lines.

Aside from the BSS, Samsung will also supply Telkom with
mobile switching centers (MSC) to handle 1.6 million subscribers
of Telkom. -- JP