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To: danderso who wrote (5308)	2/2/1998 2:11:00 PM
From: Teri Skogerboe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

All, Hopefully this hasn't already been posted. Oracle to Supply Indonesian Superhighway February 2, 1998 (JAKARTA) -- Oracle Corp. won a contract to supply software to Indonesia's superhighway as that country scrambles to promote multimedia business. Both government and private companies are now working on the multimedia project, which is expected to be ready by the early 21st century. The government is building the superhighway to provide an information technology infrastructure for private companies, which will supply local content as well as some infrastructure. Post, Tourism and Telecommunication Minister Joop Ave said Indonesia is ready to enter the multimedia era in the next century even though its current telephone penetration is a low 3 lines per 100 people. Nusantara-21 Superhighway The Indonesian government started the ambitious Nusantara-21 superhighway project in early 1997. The Nusantara-21 project is set to develop an infrastructure and information system to link the whole of Indonesia, which will allow the people of Indonesia to get multimedia access to all regions in the country by early next century, said secretary general of post, tourism and telecommunication ministry Jonathan L. Parapak. By that time all Indonesia's regions will be connected by a high-speed infrastructure with terrestrial cables, submarine cables, radios and satellites. All cities in Indonesia, including the district capital, will have an access speed of 64kbps. Access to high-quality interactive video also will be provided in multimedia cities. The multimedia business will cover sectors like trade, educational, health, tourist, research and development, public service and government applications, Parapak said. Nusantara-21 also is designed to prepare the country to become a full member of the global information society and to increase the competitiveness of Indonesia in the world, Parapak said. "As part of the modern community we need to provide the information infrastructure that will support all activities in government, business, education, health and other areas," Parapak said. Despite the monetary crisis, which has hurt Indonesia since July 1997, the government will continue its superhighway project as scheduled, Parapak said. "Of course, there will be some revisions and adjustments due to monetary crisis, but it will not affect the project's schedule, since most parts of the project were already underway," Parapak said. The government will put its priority on building multimedia cities as part of its effort to make adjustments. The Indonesian superhighway project will be developed in phases. It will include the development of infrastructure for the Indonesian archipelago's superhighway, multimedia cities and the multimedia community access center. The archipelago superhighway will connect the 27 provincial capitals with a "ring of rings" high-speed backbone network. The development of the infrastructure on Java island has been completed. Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi islands are still under development and will be completed soon, Parapak said. Multimedia cities will provide the information infrastructure to support information transactions with broadband facilities like electronic data interchange, education and health. The government will build 11 multimedia cities in the country as a first step. The first multimedia city will be ready by 1999 in Jakarta, a hub of administration and commercial activities. the complete article is at: ORACLE TO SUPPLY INDONESIAN SUPERHIGHWAY nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com