Excelcomindo expands service

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)