Lintasarta: Digital data provider
Lintasarta: Digital data provider
JAKARTA (JP): The expanding telecommunications industry in
Indonesia has seen several companies establish value-added
telecommunications and data communication services providers.
One such leading firm is PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta which was
set up in April 1988.
The company, dedicated to providing data communications and
network application services to the banking community, financial
institutions, corporate institutions and other data communication
users in Indonesia, was initially established by several
prominent parties, including PT Indosat, PT Telkom, a group of
seven state-owned banks, the Association of Private National
Banks (Perbanas), which represented private banks, and BPD Jaya
which represented regional development banks.
The company is now owned by state-owned telecommunications
operators Indosat and Telkom, and PT Telekomindo, various banks'
employees foundations and by cooperatives.
As a data communications operator and network application
services company, Lintasarta provides Packet Switched Data
Network (PSDN) services in cooperation with Telkom, and
cooperates with Indosat to provide Very Small Aperture Terminal
(VSAT) data and Internet services called IdOLA. In 1992,
Lintasarta began offering digital data networks using fiber-optic
cables.
The company also supplies data over voice digital equipment
that allows simultaneous transmission of voice and digital data
traffic across ordinary telephone lines at speeds of up to 64
Kbps.
Lintasarta also provides network application facilities for
the country's official electronic bank reporting system, shared
automated teller machine systems, a monetary information system
and a regional processor for the Society for Worldwide Interbank
Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) System in Indonesia.
Other data communication service offered by Lintasarta is the
Leased Circuit (LC Data), a system that utilizes analog
technology for 'point to point' linkage. It allows users data
from one computer to another in different locations or cities.
Another system available to customers is the Digital Data
Network (DDN). Utilizing the existing telephone lines normally
used for voice communications, it can also be optimized for data
transmission. Digital data technology produces a higher speed
than analog leased circuits.
Lintasarta also provides services to customers who require
domestic and overseas data transmission in one network. The PSDN
technology is used in this system. Access to the system is
through a 'dial-up' or 'dedicated-line' method. The PSDN also has
other facilities such as Frame Relay and Virtual Private Network
which may be utilized more economically for LAN-to-LAN connection
as well as for other applications.
The company's Internet service, IdOLA, is designed to fulfill
the demand of communications and online information access
between cities throughout Indonesia and beyond. By accessing a
28.8 Kbps speed modem from 11 cities in the country, it is aimed
to serve both individuals and corporate customers. The facilities
include access to many information providers in Indonesia, many
forums and all Internet facilities including electronic mail, the
news group, Telnet, Gopher, WAIS, FTP and the World Wide Web.
Other than providing a convenient service to clients,
Lintasarta offers a consultation service by providing an
accurate, efficient and optimally integrated total solution in
overcoming telecommunications and information system problems.
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