Fiber Optic Network in Indonesia

DEVELOPMENT OF FIBER OPTIC NETWORK IN INDONESIA

March 2009

A number of telecommunication operators and multimedia service providers in the country have used fiber optic network like PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), PT Indosat, PT Excelcomindo, and Indonesia Comnet Plus (Icon+), PT. Supra Primatama Nusantara (Biznet) and PT. Powertel.

The networks already cover a number of the country's main islands such as Java, Sumatra, Bali, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi.

Telkom, a state company and the country's largest telecommunication company, has the longest fiber optic network in Indonesia reaching 13,600 km , followed by Excelcomindo's 9,950 km and that of Icon + 6,000 km.

Another fiber optic network operated by Telkom is an international network of Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore (TIS) coming into operation in December 2003.

The TIS network is 1,200 km long linking Songkhla (Thailand), Batam (Indonesia), and Changi (Singapore) to be connected with high capacity submarine cables of other countries. This network is operated in cooperation between Telkom , Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) and Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT). The three operators has invested US$30 million each

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Fiber optic network providers, length of network and coverage, 2008

Source: Data Consult

PT Telkom continues to expand net networks

Telecommunications players have continued to expand their fiber optic networks to increase their capacity. Telkom plans to start construction of a submarine fiber optic network in 2009 to link Java - Bali - Lombok, several places in Kalimantan, and Sulawesi - Kalimantan.

The fiber optic network of Sulawesi-Kalimantan will reach 3,139 kilometers consisting of network of 2,734 KM in Sulawesi and 405 KM in Kalimantan.

Ring-1 will cover Makassar, Parepare, Watampone, Bulukumba and Makassar (South Sulawesi). Ring-2 to cover Parepare, Palopo (South Sulawesi) Parigi, Palu (Central Sulawesi), Majene, Mamuju (West Sulawesi), Pinrang, and Parepare (South Sulawesi) and Ring-3 to cover Parigi (Central Sulawesi), Gorontalo, and Manado (North Sulawesi).

This project is named 'JaKa2LaDeMa' and will need an investment of US$110 million. It is to be completed in mid 2010. The network will be used as a backbone to promote data and voice traffic, e-commerce, and video.

The contractor to build the project is Fujitsu from Japan. In this project, Fujitsu will cooperate with a German partner Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW)...............................................