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        "msgid": "pt-telkom-defends-long-distance-policy-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-10-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "PT Telkom defends long-distance policy",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "PT Telkom defends long-distance policy JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned domestic telecommunications provider PT Telkom will not alter its new discount long distance phone call period, which begins two hours later and is two hours shorter than before. Telkom president Asman A. Nasution told a hearing with House Commission V for transportation, post and telecommunications affairs yesterday that the new 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. period was launched to help improve services and not to generate more profit.",
        "content": "<p>PT Telkom defends long-distance policy<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned domestic telecommunications<br>\nprovider PT Telkom will not alter its new discount long distance<br>\nphone call period, which begins two hours later and is two hours<br>\nshorter than before.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom president Asman A. Nasution told a hearing with House<br>\nCommission V for transportation, post and telecommunications<br>\naffairs yesterday that the new 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. period was<br>\nlaunched to help improve services and not to generate more<br>\nprofit.<\/p>\n<p>Publicly-listed Telkom introduced the new period in early<br>\nSeptember. Long-distance phone calls made between 11 p.m. and 6<br>\na.m. cost 75 less than during normal tariff hours. The previous<br>\ndiscount period was from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The new period differs from the one announced in August by<br>\nTelkom and Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop<br>\nAve, who said that the period would be from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Nasution admitted yesterday that Telkom had not completed its<br>\nresearch when it made the announcement to the House.<\/p>\n<p>The public aired objections to the new period and for having<br>\nto wait until 11 p.m. to get cheaper rates. Calling from Jakarta<br>\nat 11 p.m. to Irian Jaya, for instance, means the recipient will<br>\nhave to wait up until 1 a.m. due to the time difference.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be difficult to make calls before 6 a.m. since<br>\nmost telecommunication centers are not open before daybreak, they<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>According to Telkom, the change was necessary to avoid<br>\nswitching and network congestion.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say that the five private firms that were awarded 15-<br>\nyear contracts by Telkom to install telephone lines in the<br>\ncountry also support the new calling period.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom, which is listed on the Jakarta, Surabaya, London and<br>\nNew York stock exchanges, now has a regular (100 percent) billing<br>\nrate for long distance calls made between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. and<br>\nbetween 3 p.m and 6 p.m.; 125 percent between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.;<br>\n50 percent between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. and between 6 a.m. and 8<br>\na.m.; and 25 percent between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. (icn)<\/p>",
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