Indonesian govt cancels tender for telecom infrastructure work in remote areas

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government has canceled a tender
to build telecommunications infrastructure in remote areas, saying
neither of the two final bidders met the qualifications, the
Information Ministry said Friday.

"The tender is declared to have failed and the government will
re-tender the project," said a statement posted on the ministry's
website.

The tender initially attracted dozens of participants, but only PT
Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and PT Asia Cellular Satellite made
it to the final round. The others either did not qualify to bid or
pulled out voluntarily.

"Telkom will certainly bid again when the government re-tenders the
project because we are committed to building telecom infrastructure in
remote areas," Eddy Kurnia, Telkom's vice-president for public
relations, told Thomson Financial. (*) END