Digital phones in West Jakarta

Digital phones in West Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta office of state-owned
telecommunications company PT Telkom is to start operating an
automatic digital telephone exchange on Jl. Gatot Subroto
tomorrow, an official said yesterday.

Kiskenda Suriahardja, the office manager, said that the new
system, with a capacity of 5,000 lines, was to replace the old
analog system.

He said that the digital system would cover customers whose
numbers started with the numbers 525.

"The operation of the new system is made to meet rising
demands for additional features such as call waiting, follow
me/call forwarding, three party/call conferencing and hunting,"
he said.

This demand could not be met using the analog system, he said.
The switch from the old to the new system would affect the
customers' phones only for a few minutes.

"Those whose telephones will be out of order are invited to
call the office's command post on 520-0101," he said. (04)