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)