AmEx, Telkomsel sign deal

AmEx, Telkomsel sign deal

JAKARTA (JP): American Express card members who subscribe to
Telkomsel's GSM network can now conveniently pay cellular phone
bills by directly debiting their Amex account.

The new paying convenience is a result of a strategic
agreement signed between American Express Travel Related Services
(TRS) and Telkomsel earlier this week.

Vice president and country manager of TRS, Atul Mathur, said
Amex card members would not be charged with a transfer fee when
they used their card to pay Telkomsel bills.

Telkomsel director of finance Sudirdja said phone bills
charged to Amex cards would be done according to the currency
used by the members.

"If you use your card in US dollars, you will be billed in
dollars. The same applies for members with rupiah accounts. There
is no double conversion charge," he said. (cst)