A consortium of six companies (Telkom, Indosat, Excelcomindo, Bakrie Telecom, Infokom Elektrindo, Powertek Utama Internusa) are working together in the aim to build an optical fibre cable ring that is to connect 33 provinces and 440 urban centers all over Indonesia.

The ‚Cincin Pelapa’ or ‚Pelapa Ring’ Project consists of seven optical fibre networks within Sumatera, Jawa, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, as well as one main line that connects the other networks. The length of the entire cable network will reach 33 000 km.

Constructions are scheduled to start in 2008, with first parts of the network ready to use in early 2009.


Sources:

• Tempointeraktif
• Kompas (print)
• Warnet2000