ID-TELECOM IV

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The project has two main objectives: a) to improve sector performance by promoting a regulatory regime conducive to competition in the provision of telecommunication services; and b) to meet the growing demand for telecommunications services by enhancing the quality of TELKOM's (State Domestic Telecommunications Company) service, and effective utilization of existing facilities. The project consists of both i) technical assistance and ii) investments. The technical assistance will help: 1) the Government in promoting competition in, and developing the effective regulation of, the sector; 2) TELKOM in developing as a professionally-run, commercially-oriented enterprise; 3) TELKOM in managing the implementation of project investments. The investment component includes: a) provision of switching and cable networks to connect 600,000 new telephone lines, and provide 20,000 pay phones to serve the non-subscribing public; b) provision of terrestrial microwave backbone transmission network to improve telecommunications service in Java, Bali, Nusa-Tenggara, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi; c) rehabilitation and replacement of obsolete network facilities; d) provision of spares, tools and test equipment to improve maintenance and repair facilities; and e) computerization of TELKOM's operations such as directory inquiry services and network management.