Telkom promises faster foolproof vote counting<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned PT Telkom has invested Rp 2.1
\nbillion ($875,000) in a facility that promises to speed up the
\ntallying of votes in next month's general election.<\/p>\n
The facility, called TelkomNet, will link 40 cities in the
\ncountry with a digital data communications system, director Dadad
\nKustiwa told reporters yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"This year's telecommunications facility for the election will
\nbe quicker, more accurate and reliable,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The digital system, serving data, picture and voice
\ntransmissions, would cut the counting period to just one day.<\/p>\n
This was compared with three days needed in the 1992 election.<\/p>\n
Any rigging during the transmission would be discovered
\nbecause the election organizers would also do manual counting, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Telkom has also prepared fixed-line telephones, facsimiles and
\ntelex services in 2,462 districts, or 63 percent of all
\ndistricts, Kustiwa said.<\/p>\n
\"TelkomNet will be the major channel of the information system
\nduring the counting process. Data from the country's 27 provinces
\nwill be sent to the General Election Institute in Jakarta as the
\nvalid data,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The flow of data would begin the moment a voter goes into a
\npolling booth. Data will be first compiled at each subdistrict
\noffice, and then passed on to district offices, regencies and
\nprovincial administrations, he said.<\/p>\n
Data between district and provincial election committees would
\nbe transmitted mostly by facsimile, except those in Kalimantan
\nand East Timor which would use telex, he said. But data from the
\nprovincial committees to Jakarta would be sent through TelkomNet.<\/p>\n
Telkom would utilize the fiber optic communication system,
\nsmall aperture terminals and digital microwave, he said.<\/p>\n
In 1992, data dispatch mostly relied on radio communications
\noperated by the Armed Forces and local administration offices.<\/p>\n
\"This year's election will rely on TelkomNet,\" he said, adding
\nthat Telkom would deploy 4,046 employees to support the election.<\/p>\n
TelkomNet had a backbone linking 40 cities in Indonesia
\ncontrolled by a system called Network Management System (NMS).<\/p>\n
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