Bakrie & Telkom in talk to merge CDMA business (Indonesia)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Bakrie Telecom and Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), Indonesian state-owned telecommunications company, is in talks with each other over a potential merger of CDMA business units.
The talk has been confirmed by Telkom president Rinaldi Firmansyah, according to whom the companies are in talks about merging Telkom’s Flexi unit and Bakrie’s Esia unit, which provide CDMA services and the consolidation of the CDMA businesses could be a merger or an acquisition. Telkom is also in talks with other local operators about Flexi and is open to a variety of options.
However, Rahmat Djunaidi who is Bakrie Telecom director of corporate services has denied any kind of talk between the two companies over the consolidation of the CDMA businesses.
Telkom’s submarine optic-fibre network deployed by Fujitsu, NSW (Indonesia)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: USD 100 million submarine optic-fibre cable networks have been completed by Fujitsu, with General Cable subsidiary Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke for Indonesian operator Telekomunikasi Indonesia. Indonesian islands Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java, Bali and Lombok have been covered by the network and residents of these islands will have a direct access to internet, e-commerce, video, data, and voice services.
Named “JaKa2LaDeMa,”the network was installed and tested by the end of April. Overall system design of repeater product has been provided by Fujitsu with its terminal equipment, submersible repeaters, and branching units, as well as the associated services including the integration of repeaters with NSW cables.
Survey and route engineering, submarine cable manufacture, marine installation, civil works, along with terrestrial cable supply and installation, as well as transmission and full commissioning services has been included in NSW’s scope of work.
SingTel to invest in Telkom’s infrastructure unit (Indonesia)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has expressed its interest in making investments an infrastructure unit of Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) if foreign investments in telecommunications infrastructure sector are allowed by the government. Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel) has been eyed by SingTel.
Five sectors including telecommunications infrastructure sector has been opened for foreign investments from March. 54 telecommunications towers are operated by Mitratel in West Java, Riau, Kalimantan and Batam. SingTel and Telkom are currently in talks about transferring ownership of 30,000 towers from Telkom’s mobile unit Telkomsel to Mitratel.
35 percent stake in Telkomsel is held by SingTel with Telkom holding the remainder. Transfer some 2,000 towers has also been planned by Telkom. However, the Indonesian Telecommunication Society (Mastel) has called on the government to cancel the plan to open the telecommunications sector to foreign investment.
After China, Ericsson Moves Into Indonesia and Bangladesh
An Ericsson statement said the company has signed a deal with
Indonesia’s largest cellular phone operator Telkomsel to provide a 3G/WCDMA network. Another statement said it has been given a managed services contract by Warid Telecom for a GSM/GPRS network in
Bangladesh. Under a three-year agreement signed with Telkomsel, Ericsson will deliver a 3G/WCDMA radio and core network, including HSPA, with deployment beginning immediately. The contract also includes three years of managed services, with Ericsson providing a comprehensive services offering including establishing, operating and managing the operations of Telkomsel’s 3G network. Bengt Thornberg, Country Manager of Ericsson
Indonesia, said: “We have had a longstanding cooperation with Telkomsel for more than 10 years and we are honored to be selected to deliver its 3G network in
Indonesia. Our solutions will allow Telkomsel to introduce new and advanced services in the country.”
Telkomsel is 65 percent owned by PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk and 35 percent by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.
The
Bangladesh contract covers the operation, management and maintenance of Warid Telecom’s core GSM/network, backbone transmission and real-time charging/Value Added Services (VAS). This agreement is an extension to the contract signed earlier this year where Ericsson was chosen by Warid Telecom to supply and implement the complete core and backbone transmission equipment for its nationwide GSM/GPRS network. Ericsson will now also manage Warid Telecom’s radio network in the western part of the country, covering the areas of Rajshahi,
Khulna, and
Barisal.
Muneer Farooqui, Warid Telecom CEO said: “By having Ericsson to manage and operate our network, we are able to focus our resources on building our branding, sales and marketing activities, strengthening our customer services and developing more services that meet our subscribers’ needs and expectations.”
Jan Signell, President, Ericsson South East Asia, added: “We are proud of being selected by Warid Telecom in this contract. We have enjoyed a fruitful managed services partnership with them in
Pakistan, where Warid has exceeded its own expectation. We are committed to ensure that Warid Telecom repeats similar success in
Bangladesh.” The GSM expansion contracts with China Mobile together worth $550 million were signed during the first half of 2006. They include projects in 17 regions of
China. Ericsson has already started deliveries of network equipment which it claims will be able to support nearly 200 million subscribers across the 17 regions. Under the contracts, Ericsson will provide China Mobile with core and radio networks, together with related technical support and services. It will also deploy its Mobile Softswitch Solution in the contracted regions.
Source- http://news.tmcnet.com
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