JAKARTA, 16 May 2004 - Indonesia's state-owned Telkom has signed a contract to build an undersea telecommunications cable link to Malaysia. The Jakarta Post reports Telkom signed the contract on Friday with a consortium comprising Telekom Malaysia Berhad and NEC Corporation. The cable will run for 160 kilometres between Dumai in Indonesia's Riau province and Melaka, Malaysia.
Telkom's director of business and networks Abdul Haris was quoted as saying the project was expected to cost about nine million US dollars. Mr Haris said the company signed a similar contract last year with Thailand and Singapore. The report also quotes Telkom Malaysia Berhad's senior vice president, Yahya Mohammad Syarif, as saying construction would be completed in mid-December.

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