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)