Syamsul Muarif, Indonesia's minister of information and telecommunication and head of the country's telecom firms, will be present at the signing ceremony, KT said.
The project as planned will be carried out in three phases. KT, having grabbed the contract for the first phase, is expected to be the favorite for winning the other contracts, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
The project entails laying high-speed Internet networks and building related computer systems, through which the Indonesian government will distribute information and issue documents, KT said.
During the first-phase project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2005, KT will establish and integrate telecommunications networks in Jakarta and other major Indonesian cities and develop application software.
KT said it plans to develop related computer systems jointly with Korean system-integration service providers and software developers.
The Indonesian government has designated e-government a state-sponsored project, putting the National IT Framework in charge of the mission.
Considering that Indonesia, which consists of 13,000 islands, has been pushing for decentralization of its government, granting more autonomy to local authorities, other Korean companies will likely participate in setting up e-government systems for regional administrations.
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