New network introduced

New network introduced

JAKARTA (JP): PT Sisindosat, a subsidiary of the state-owned
international telecommunications company, PT Indosat, launched
here yesterday a new computer network which will lead to the
technology of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).

Sisindosat's executive Karnajaya P. Putra told reporters that
the equipment named Geo Switch is manufactured by an American
company, Ungermann-Bass (UB).

ATM is a connecting-oriented switching technology like a
telephone network. By delivering one common solution for data,
voice and video running across local area network, ATM promises
to make networks more manageable and to have much longer life
expectancies.

Karnajaya said that his company will market the products to
its traditional customers including the central bank (Bank
Indonesia), the Jakarta Mayoralty, the state's electricity
company PLN, PT Arun and Pertamina.

UB's executive Philip Mellet said that his company expects
total sales of US$5 million in Indonesia this year through
Sisindosat as its sole distributor. (icn)