Palapa Ring (3)

It seems that the project is delayed, just like several other submarine cable projects :-)

Below are several issues related to the project as of March 2008 (source KOMINFO - Ministry of Information and Communications) :

• Capacity 10 Lambdas @ 10 Gbps upgradeable to 16 Lambdas (updated - see my previous PR post)
• Length of the cable 11,202 km (1,857 km inland, 9,345 km submarine)
• Construction begin on Jan 2009; RFS final (all segments) on April 2010
• Section Mataram - Parigi shall be ready (RFS) on Q1/2009
• Section Palu-Manado-Makassar-Kendari RFS on Q2/2009
• Section Kendari-Sorong-Ende-Makassar RFS on Q4/2009
• Section Sorong-Jayapura-Fakfak-Merauke RFS on Q1/2010

Here are several resources related to the Palapa Ring project which can be found on the Net :

• General Palapa Ring project description from KKPPI (click here for a local copy)
• Request for Pre-Qualification from the consortium; searchable from Indosat's or Infokom's sites (click here for a local copy); a different version can be access via the DGPT site
• From the DGPT site you may also see the preliminary Palapa Ring network map (click here for a local copy)