Telkom develops mobile Internet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Telkom, through its research and
\ndevelopment unit, is developing a software which will enable
\nusers to surf the Internet without fixed telephone lines.<\/p>\n
Senior general manager of Telkom's center of information
\ntechnology planning and development, Suryatin Setiawan, told The
\nJakarta Post Thursday that the software was being developed in
\ncooperation with Nokia, Finland's telecommunications giant.<\/p>\n
\"We are preparing the so-called Internet wireless access to
\nallow people to use the Internet without fixed telephone lines,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
He said the project was being developed at Telkom's research
\nand development unit, popularly called Risti, in Bandung, West
\nJava.<\/p>\n
President of PT Nokia Telecommunications, Nils Kampe, said the
\nproject was originally part of a bigger project jointly developed
\nwith Risti.<\/p>\n
\"We are providing technical assistance to Telkom as well as
\nconducting training,\" he said, adding that the project was
\nNokia's first cooperation with Telkom.<\/p>\n
Risti has also cooperated with other operators including
\nFrance Telecom, NTT of Japan and Lucent Technologies of the U.S.<\/p>\n
Kampe said that when completed, the Internet wireless access
\nwill allow people to obtain information through cellular phones.<\/p>\n
\"People will be able to know stock prices or flight schedules,
\nfor instance, just from short message services from the cellular
\nphones. When ready, the Internet wireless access project will
\nneed cooperation with various other parties,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said Nokia was involved in similar projects in Malaysia and
\nFinland. (icn)<\/p>",
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