Indonesia enters ISDN era<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto yesterday launched the
\nIntegrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), locally called
\nPasopati, by conducting long-distant videophone conversations
\nwith two officials and a legislator.<\/p>\n
\"I'm happy to be able to launch Pasopati and have a 'face-to-
\nface' conversation (with you) this morning,\" Soeharto told
\nWahono, speaker of the House of Representatives, during a
\nvideophone conversation using ISDN facilities.<\/p>\n
ISDN is a new digital integrated network, which accommodates
\nall telecommunications needs, in the forms of data, sound and
\npictures. The new telecommunications services are provided
\njointly by state-run international telecommunications operator PT
\nIndosat and state-owned domestic telecommunications firm PT
\nTelkom.<\/p>\n
Indosat and Telkom are currently introducing seven
\napplications of the ISDN, high-speed facsimiles called Group-4
\nFaxes, digital telephones, videophones, multimedia terminals,
\nswitched digital backups, personal computer cards and terminal
\nadapters.<\/p>\n
From the Bina Graha presidential office, Soeharto also
\nconversed with East Java Governor Basofi Sudirman in Surabaya,
\nEast Java, and Indonesian Ambassador to Japan Wisber Louis in
\nTokyo.<\/p>\n
\"Now we can interact each other directly. We not only hear
\nsound, but also see each other's faces,\" Soeharto told Basofi.<\/p>\n
\"Yes, Bapak President. If normally I wear only a T-shirt,
\ntoday I have to wear good clothes,\" Basofi joked.<\/p>\n
\"Thank you. I think, not necessarily good, tidy is enough,\"
\nSoeharto responded.<\/p>\n
Soeharto also asked Basofi about his recent trip to Brunei and
\nthe local climate, as well as about the farming conditions in
\nEast Java, especially the promotion of urea-tablet fertilizer
\namong farmers there.<\/p>\n
When calling Wisber Louis, Soeharto asked the time and about
\nconditions in Tokyo. \"I heard there are a number of banks which
\nface difficulties, is it true?\"<\/p>\n
\"Yes,\" Wisber said.<\/p>\n
\"So, not only in Indonesia. This should be studied to enrich
\nthe nation's experience,\" Soeharto said.<\/p>\n
After having videophone conversations, Soeharto received a
\nfacsimile message of congratulations sent through the ISDN
\nfacilities by Basofi.<\/p>\n
Indosat's president, Tjahyono Soerjodibroto, said the
\nlaunching of ISDN services is meant to introduce and develop
\ntelecommunications high technology rather than looking for
\nprofits. The launching of the ISDN is expected to help facilitate
\ncommunications of business people involved in global networks.<\/p>\n
\"For Indosat, the launching of this product serves as a very
\ngood move, on how to provide telecommunications facilities which
\nbecome 'trends' in developed countries,\" Tjahyono said.<\/p>\n
Indosat, as international telecommunications operator, has
\ninterconnected ISDN signaling facilities with ISDN user parts
\nabroad from early this year.<\/p>\n
For the time being, Indosat has interconnections with five
\ncountries, the United States, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands and
\nBelgium. The company targets that next year it will have
\ninstalled ISDN interconnections with 14 countries.<\/p>\n
Setyanto P. Santosa, president of Telkom, said ISDN facilities
\nwill be offered to the public beginning in October. Indosat and
\nTelkom have allocated Rp 24 billion (US$10.6 million) for 2,000
\nterminals for 2,000 customers. He said each terminal will cost
\ncustomers between Rp 4 million (US$1,765) to Rp 10 million. (rid)<\/p>",
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