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4.11 Timor-Leste Additional Service Provision Contact List
Vehicle Rental
There are several established car and vehicle rental companies in Dili: the list below is a non-exhaustive sample.
Taxi Companies
Although there is only one identified taxi company in Dili, there is a plethora of private taxis readily available on the street. However, taxis are much less abundant in the district capitals, and are not available in rural areas.
Freight Forwarding Agents
A non-exhaustive list of freight forwarding agents is provided in the contacts section, and additional operators can be found at:
Handling Equipment
Asides from the stevedoring companies, most of the handling equipment and heavy equipment sales and rentals are associated with the construction industry, a selection of which is provided in the contacts list.
Additional operators can be found at:
Electricity and Power
World Bank Energy Brief (extracts): Timor-Leste has a small and
fragmented power system. A 19 MW diesel power plant in Dili serves
26,500 Dili customers. District and sub-district capitals are
served by some 60 isolated small power sub-systems mainly
administered by communities and with a total generation capacity
(mainly using diesel) of about 16 MW.
The Dili power system is not linked to smaller sub-systems in
district capitals and rural areas. Large consumers have captive
diesel generation of another 10 MW. 34 out of 39 new generators
installed in sub-district capitals are no longer functioning
because there is no capacity for maintenance and for funding the
replenishment of diesel stock.
Only 32 percent of households have access to electricity and over
90 percent of the population uses firewood for cooking. The
household electrification rate in Dili is estimated at about 85
percent while in the district capitals and rural areas, it is only
18 percent and 5 percent, respectively. Most of the households use
firewood for cooking, but extensive use of firewood is considered a
thread to Timor-Leste’s wooded areas.
Timor-Lestes’ power department EDTL has two twenty-four-hour,
diesel-run, power generation plants in Dili and Baucau, both of
which produce a 7 MW output and have a budgeted consumption of
10,000 litres of diesel per day.
However, increasing development and construction projects are
placing a larger strain on the network, with increasing demands for
electricity. The remaining districts have smaller, localised
power-generating plants, which run for six hours per day between
18:00 and midnight and have a budgeted consumption of 10,000 litres
per month.
EDTL is in the process of establishing three heavy oil power
generating plants in Hera (Dili), Manitutu and Same; these will
have a combined capacity of 180 MW. The first of these power plants
is currently being constructed, and is due to be 90% complete by
the end of 2009. Extension and rehabilitation of the
distribution network is planned to extend to all districts through
three regional centers; Dili, Manatutu and Los Palos, this is
expected to be in place by 2015.
Production Unit |
Type [1] |
Installed Capacity (MW) |
Current Production (MW) |
---|---|---|---|
Generating Plant - Dili |
Diesel |
n/a |
7 |
Generating Plant - Baucau |
Diesel + Hydro |
n/a |
7 |
District generation plants |
Diesel |
Various |
Various |
HERA and BETANO power plants
The Hera power station was built to supply the northern coast of
the country. This is the first power plant in Timor Leste with
Diesel Generator sets of 7 X Wartsila 18V46 Capacity 119.5 MW,
operated by Wartsila Indonesia, PT and Puri Akraya Engineering. The
Betano plant supplies the southern coast, and both were built by
the China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Company
(CNI22).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Timor Telecom, Telemor and Telkomsel are telecommunications provider in Timor-Leste, operating in Dili, as well as the municipalities. These providers reach all locations in-country. Internet provision with these providers require land line connection, available in Dili and some district capitals.
Telemor is a trade-name of Viettel Timor-Leste, a subsidiary of Viettel Global - the leading telecommunications group in Vietnam, which provides coverage to around 96% of Timor-Leste territory.
Timor Telecom (TT) is the fixed and mobile telecommunications network operator of Timor-Leste, and the Timor Telecom consortium is promoted by Portugal Telecom.
Telkomcel is a brand of cellular mobile telecommunication service, owned by Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (TL) S.A, which is also located in Timor-Leste.
Internet Service Providers |
||
---|---|---|
Are there ISPs available? (Yes / No) |
Yes - Timor Telecom; Telemor and Telkomcel. |
|
Private or Government |
Private |
|
Dial-up only (Yes / No) |
dial-up ADSL GPRS V-SAT |
|
Approximate Rates |
Dial-up: |
n/a |
Broadband: |
n/a |
|
Max leasable ‘dedicated’ bandwidth |
512 Kps |