JaKa2LaDeMa

I've just followed a news entry fed to my reader from Subtel. It's about Jaka2ladema, I've mentioned here several months ago. Well, it's for me quite a bit surprise that Telkom announced officially its project. Or could it be just the suppliers' initiative ? :-D . In any case, my congrats to Fujitsu/NSW! I do hope that NEC does the similar thing, since BSCS is not a secret project, right ? :-D

• Suppliers/Contractors : Fujitsu-Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (NSW)
• CAPEX: more than USD 100 mn
• Connects Kalimantan-Sulawesi; Java, Bali, Lombok
• RFS schedule : Q1/2010
• Hybrid repeatered/repeaterless system + BUs
• Cables: LW, LW protected, SA, DA -- NSW's MINISUB
  

Source/Courtesy : Telkom/Fujitsu-NSW/Subtel

*Update - Kompas|Bisnis|Detik|Telegeography*

• CAPEX : USD 115.41 mn | IDR 1.26+ tn
• Capacity : 320 Gbps (which segment?)
• Length : 1,836 km (total); (Ring 4 i.e. Pontianak-Ketapang-Pangkalan Bun-Banjarmasin --> 1,198 km; Ring 8 i.e. Sangata-Donggala--> 326.4 km; DMCS i.e. Benduluk-Denpasar-Mataram --> 312 km ??? -- need more explanation; press typo ??)
• Contract signed : 30 December 2008
  

• Primetrica : "Under the deal, Fujitsu is providing terminal equipment, repeaters, branching units’ system integration and related services for the JaKa2LaDeMa project. NSW is providing surveying, marine installation and civil works, and will also integrate Fujitsu’s repeaters into the repeatered cables it is deploying."
  

Planned & As-Laid Pacific Cables

Just want to highlight some interesting issues mentioned by Graham Evans in the new WFN release. In the pictures below, you see some new transpacific cables (planned/currently-installed/in-service).

According to Graham : "TPE is in service, AAG is nearing completion, Unity has been surveyed and will be installed in 2009, and the FLAG Eagle system has been postponed". Well, we might soon hear some formal service/project announcements of these new systems; AAG?, SJC?

Source / Courtesy : Graham Evans (EGS) / WFN

Palapa Ring (8)

Actually, there is no significantly observable progress of this Palapa Ring project since my previous post. Only some minor issues can be found as public releases (as of middle January 2009) :

• "Belum ada perkembangan yang berarti dari Palapa Ring. Sekarang masih pembahasan teknis dan prosesnya sedang dilaksanakan," ujar juru bicara konsorsium Palapa Ring Rakhmat Djunaedi, saat ditemui di Wisma Bakrie 2, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, Jumat (Bisnis - 9/1/2008) - quick translated --> no significat progress !
  
• Untuk mengerjakan proyek tersebut, lanjut Rakhmat, sudah terdapat empat vendor jaringan yang berminta untuk mengikuti tender, yaitu Alcatel Lucent, NSW, Tyco, dan NEC. Keempat vendor tersebut akan mengikuti tender untuk semua cluster - Tyco returns ?? How about Fujitsu ??
  
• Consortium members (no changes) : Telkom, ISAT, XL, BTEL
• Agreed consortium budget (no changes) : USD 180 mn (may be enough after network design adjustment)
• Minister of ICT M. Nuh has explicitly said that tax incentives for optical cables will be issued this year - questionmark is that whether these incentives are only for Palapa Ring project?! If not, well, it's time to build your domestic fiber infrastructure ! :-D