Joint SMS services available soon JAKARTA (JP): Subscribers of PT Telkomsel, PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo) and PT Excelcomindo Pratama cellular operators will be able to send text messages to each other beginning on Thursday. Excelcomindo's general manager for value added services Agung B. Laksono said all three cellular operators were currently testing their joint short message service (SMS).

ExxonMobil assess situation in Aceh JAKARTA (JP): U.S. oil and gas company ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia Inc. has sent a team to Aceh to assess whether security has improved enough for it to resume operations, an executive at Pertamina said on Tuesday. The state oil and gas company's director for production sharing partners, Iin Arifin Takhyan, said ExxonMobil wanted to double check Pertamina's statement that it was safe for the company to resume its operation in Aceh.