Indosat offers discounts

JAKARTA (JP): PT Indosat, the state-owned international telecommunications operator, will offer discounts on calls made on Aug. 12 through Aug. 19 in connection with Indonesia's golden anniversary which falls on Aug. 17.

A company spokesman, Venny Zano, said yesterday that during the period, Indosat will offer a discount of 10 percent for calls made during business hours and 25 percent for non-peak hour calls.

Indosat currently offers a 25 percent discount for calls made on Sundays and between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. on weekdays to the Asia- Pacific and Oceania regions and at between midnight and 7 a.m. to Africa, the United States and Europe.

Venny also said that starting on Aug. 1 to Oct. 31, Indosat will donate Rp 50 from each international call using the 001 code to under-developed villages to support their development programs. "We expect to collect some Rp 800 million (US$356,824) from such a service in the period," he said.

There are two international telecommunications operators in Indonesia, Indosat and PT Satelindo which applies the 008 code. (icn)