Telkom prepares facilities for MPR General Session<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned PT Telkom has prepared the
\nconnections for two temporary telecommunication centers to
\nsupport next month's General Session of the People's Consultative
\nAssembly (MPR), an executive said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Telkom president A.A. Nasution said the centers, to be set up
\nin the Assembly building, would have 12 telephone lines, several
\nmodems, facsimiles and telex machines for MPR members and the
\nmedia.<\/p>\n
\"We hope that these facilities can assist members of the
\nassembly and media to do their work during the session,\"
\nNasution, who checked on preparations at the company's Jakarta
\noffice on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, said.<\/p>\n
The new facilities will back up existing resources, which
\nconsist of 23 coin-operated and 28 card or magnet public
\ntelephones.<\/p>\n
The two temporary centers will be set up near the media room
\nand the main session room.<\/p>\n
The sessions are scheduled to be held between March 1 and
\nMarch 11, when 1,000 members of the Assembly endorse the State
\nPolicy Guidelines and elect a president and vice president for
\nthe next five-year term.<\/p>\n
Nasution officiated yesterday the handover of 14 mobile phone
\nunits to Jakarta Military Command from four private mobile phone
\nservice providers: Telkomsel, Satelindo, Excelcomindo and
\nKomselindo.<\/p>\n
The command's assistant for logistic matters, Col. Koesnadi,
\nsaid the mobile phone donation would assist military security
\noperations during the sessions.<\/p>\n
\"These mobile phones will be used especially by intelligence
\nofficers to replace the use of walkie-talkies,\" Koesnadi told The
\nJakarta Post.<\/p>\n
\"By carrying the mobile phones, our officers can go anywhere
\nwithout being noticed by people around them because they will no
\nlonger have to handle chunky facilities or deal with the devices'
\nnoisy chitter-chatter.\"<\/p>\n
Telkom vice president for corporate communications D.
\nAmarudien said his office had stepped up its cooperation with
\nJakarta Police in line with the security measures.<\/p>\n
He said the company was also helping police trace telephone
\nnumbers allegedly used by irresponsible people to spread rumors.<\/p>\n
Amarudien refused to disclose the mechanism used or the result
\nof the cooperation, particularly the tracing of people who have
\nspread rumors about bombs and riots. (cst)<\/p>",
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