Excelcomindo expands service

JAKARTA (JP): Private cellular operator PT Excelcomindo Pratama which runs GSM-XL will expand its service to Bali and Lombok this month as part of its plan to serve nationwide.

The company's new president, Y.W. Junardy, said here over the weekend that service would be expanded to Surakarta and Semarang in Central Java, Yogyakarta and Medan in North Sumatra later this year.

"We will enter Central Java in June and Medan in September," he said.

Junardy, a former IBM and Bank Universal executive, was appointed president last week replacing Julius S. Djohan, now the company's commissioner.

Excelcomindo is the youngest of Indonesia's three global system for mobile communication (GSM) operators. The other two are PT Telkomsel and PT Satelindo.

Excelcomindo currently serves 56,000 customers in greater Jakarta and East Java.

The company has signed overseas roaming service agreements with 22 operators in 14 nations. Now GSM-XL subscribers are able to use their handsets in Australia, Britain, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore and some European countries. (icn)