Heres the second one from the soundingboardmag.com site.
This one is dated 10/98 more recent and very interesting.
I may also send the reporter Peter Meade an email to get some more information from his research.
soundingboardmag.com
Digitcom Picks Up Indonesia
Partner
By Peter Meade
Citing joint ventures as the fastest way to create an
international Internet protocol (IP) telephony network,
Digitcom Corp. (www.digitcom.com) has added an
Indonesian company to its partner list.
The agreement with PT Duta Pertiwi Santosa gives the
Santa Monica, Calif.-based company points of
presence (PoPs) in five Indonesian cities. Digitcom
Vice President Roger Templeton says partnering gives
the company the most expedient route to a global IP
network because the partners supply an existing base
of customers that are eager to take advantage of the
reduced long distance rates promised with IP
telephony.
Digitcom will install its IntraVoice network gateways in
the Indonesian cities of Jakarta, Bandung, Medan,
Surabaya and Denpasar within the next six weeks. IP
telephony services should commence by
mid-November, Templeton says.
In addition to its IP-Voice long distance service,
Digitcom will begin marketing its IP-Fax service in
Indonesia during the same period--even though it will
not be operable until the end of the year--followed by
store-and-forward voice messaging.
"Having the network nodes in those five cities gives
Digitcom a leg-up on service to each of Indonesia's
regional centers as well as other points on the Pacific
Rim and North America," Templeton says.
Digitcom is looking to play "connect the dots" with
future announcements that should be similar to those
struck earlier this summer in Argentina, Brazil,
Lebanon, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
In addition to building a presence through joint
ventures, Templeton says Digitcom also is eyeing
opportunities in countries where privatization of
telephony services is under way.
"These countries are open to deals and are very open
to IP telephony," he says. For example, Digitcom
received $25 million in financing to help establish the
first voice over IP (VoIP) telephony presence in
Potsdam, Germany earlier this year.
"The move helps the [German] government achieve its
promise of creating jobs in cutting-edge industries,"
Templeton says. "Here's where we have an advantage
over giants like AT&T [Corp.]. Working with a small
company like us doesn't scare them."
Yet, he recognizes Digitcom must accelerate deals as
well as construction of its global network before
something "scary" does happen.
"There's only a limited amount of time before big
players such as AT&T move in," he says. "They may
move slowly now but they'll come around." |
