70,000 telephones lines offered

The East Jakarta office of PT Telkom says it is optimistic that the 70,000 telephone lines being offered in the mayoralty and Bekasi will be sold out.

"Hopefully they will be sold out by the end of this year," said chief of the East Jakarta PT Telkom I Nyoman Punia yesterday.

The office has been promoting two of its three new automatic telephone stations in Kranji and Pekayon, both in Bekasi.

Over 65 percent of the 70,000 lines being offered have already been sold. Another 14,920 lines have been in operation, said Nyoman.

The Kranji station has 9,700 lines available, of which 7,411 have been sold, while the Pekayon station, which has the capacity of 7,000 lines, has sold 5,493 lines.

Residents in Jatiwaringin, Cawang, Rawamangun, Tebet, Kelapa Gading, Pondok Kelapa and Pasar Rebo may make the payment in installments, Nyoman said. (rsl)