Pos plans Internet service

Pos plans Internet service

BANDUNG, West Java (JP): State-owned postal service company PT
Pos Indonesia plans to introduce a new service which uses the
Internet global computer network, providing customers with
electronic access to information and electronic mail.

Company president Cahyana Ahmadjayadi said here on Monday that
the service, to be known as Wawasan Nusantara Network
(Wasantaranet), will be launched in 1996 in Bandung; Jakarta;
Semarang, Central Java; and Surabaya, East Java. He said the
service would subsequently be extended to other major cities.

"The new service will get information access to other networks
supplied by several educational institutions. Wasantaranet will
be the cheapest integrated postal service, since it will offer
electronic mail as well," he said, adding that each installation
of the network would cost about Rp 70 million (approximately
US$30,000).

In another move aimed at improving its business, Pos Indonesia
plans to operate a Fokker F-28 aircraft, beginning in January
next year.

The F-28, which will be modified especially for postal
services, will be operated by PT Pos Ekspres Prima, a subsidiary
of Pos Indonesia, Cahyana said. (icn)