Indosat offers discounts

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)