Cellular phones

Cellular phones

I refer to the article: Ringing in the era of cellular phones
in The Jakarta Post, Oct. 27, 1996.

If the adage "knowledge is power" holds true, then The Jakarta
Post readers in the market for new cellular phones must be
considered fairly weak. The reason: The information of most use
to potential buyers -- the comparative chart outlining the
various products and features -- was rather out-of-date. For
example, the chart lists at least two phones that have been out
of production for nearly a year.

At the same time, the chart fails to mention the only
handphone available in this country with Bahasa Indonesia as one
of its operating languages (Motorola 8500) and the phone with one
of the longest talk and stand-by times on the market (Motorola
8700). The chart also omitted the lightest GSM cellular phone in
the world, the Motorola GSM StarTAC which, at 110 grams, is 25
percent lighter than the next lightest phone on the chart (the
Motorola 8200).

So, while I send my thanks for a welcome and comprehensive
article on this exciting -- and sometimes confusing -- industry,
I would also encourage you next time to go straight to the source
(in this case, the cellular phone manufacturers) for information
that will be most useful to your readers.

ROBERT VAN TILBURG

Operations Manager

Asia Pacific Cellular

Subscriber Division

PT Motorola Indonesia