Conference calls introduced

Conference calls introduced

JAKARTA (JP): The country's leading telecommunications
operator, PT Indosat, launched yesterday Indosat International
Conference Call, a facility allowing a simultaneous conference
between 10 people in different countries.

Indosat's commercial director, Bambang Sulistyo, said that the
new service was expected to help boost business activity because,
using the service, businessmen would be able to save both time
and expense in coordinating their dealings.

"Businessmen don't have to travel and stay abroad just to
carry on negotiations or make decisions. This audio conference
service makes it possible to hold discussions in different
places," he said.

"People just need to dial 104 or 101 when they want to use the
service. An operator will call the first caller or the
chairperson back when the other participants of a telephone
conference are ready for the discussion," he said.

Indosat, which floated shares in New York last year, intends
to introduce a video conference service with slow motion pictures
in the near future.(icn)