Jakarta PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk (TLKM) are getting ready to work on submarine optical cable project that connects the last stage of Sulawesi-Maluku-Papua. The cost for this project is more than $ 5.5 million.
According to Telkom president director Rinaldi Firmansyah, now Telkom has just completed the construction of undersea optical cable Mataram, Kupang, which took 400 days with a length of about 1,100 km.
In order to complete their networks, there is no network in eastern Indonesia again the second stage. It was from Sulawesi to the Moluccas to Papua. Now is the evaluation process, he said at the CPC office, Jalan Gatot Subroto, Jakarta, Tuesday (04/12/2011).
He said that Telkom terkahirnya project cost around U.S. $ 5.5 million, while for the network again the second phase of East Indonesia that is still evaluated it funds higher because the distance is too long.
According to Rinaldi, the entire funding for this project will be taken from the company's internal cash and partly from capital expenditure expenditur aka capital (capex) company this year. If the project is completed, all of Indonesia are connected by optical cables under the sea.
Same as before, Telkom will work on this project alone, without creating a joint venture or other partners took. However, it remains state-owned telecommunications will conduct the procurement involving multiple cable companies.
Most likely later on our own. We have to tender for daptakan quality and the best goods. Tender (involving the company) regular, who had known more, he said.
Tender committed against companies that had participated in previous projects because companies that provide submarine optical cable is not much. According to Rinaldi, only about five to six companies alone.
There's only a few, about five to six companies, like? Huahwei, NEC, NSW, Fujitsu, Taico which is likely to participate, he said.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Telkom Ready to Replace Optical Submarine Cable Last Phase
