PT Pos Indonesia diversifies its business
PT Pos Indonesia diversifies its business
JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned postal service company PT Pos
Indonesia is creating more subsidiaries to support the
development of its core business.
Company director of marketing and business development,
Sumitro Roestam, said yesterday that Pos Indonesia had set up PT
Prima Teleposmart to distribute new telephone cards using
Smartcard technology.
He said the new company was jointly owned by a subsidiary of
the Rajawali group and the pension fund foundation of Pos
Indonesia.
Smartcards are issued by PT Telekomindo, a Rajawali group
subsidiary, in collaboration with the state-owned PT Telkom and
the state-owned mint and banknote printing company, Perum Peruri.
"We will set up three other subsidiaries later this year,"
Sumitro said after signing an agreement with private cellular
operator PT Satelindo.
He said the three companies would deal with retail financial
services, Internet and direct mail.
"We are in the process of acquiring a stake in an operating
bank. Meanwhile, we will set up a separate firm as an Internet
Service Provider to run Wasantaranet.
Wasantaranet is an Internet service now operated by Pos
Indonesia.
Sumitro said that his company would also establish a joint
venture company with an Australian partner to act as a mailing
house.
Mailing houses handle direct marketing of goods and services.
"This is a captive market. We must also look for other
opportunities," Sumitro said.
Pos Indonesia president Cahyana Ahmadjayadi said yesterday the
company would hire more women to work as postwomen serving high-
rise buildings.
"We currently serve 12 high-rise office buildings in Jakarta.
We plan to serve 90 buildings by the end of this year," he said.
Cahyana said recently that Pos Indonesia expected to gain a Rp
67.89 billion (US$28.7 million) profit for 1996, up 19.7 percent
from Rp 56.7 billion for 1995.
Pos Indonesia has launched a series of improvement programs.
"The first phase, from 1995 to 1997, is a consolidation and
modernization program. The second phase, from 1998 to 2000, is a
growth program and the last one, from 2000 to 2003, is a total
solution program."
Pos Indonesia has 4,798 offices and 8,654 service points
nationwide.
Under an agreement signed by Cahyana and Satelindo, Pos
Indonesia has agreed to deliver bills to Satelindo's subscribers.
"The agreement will also allow Satelindo subscribers to pay
billing charges at designated post offices." Cahyana said.
Iwa Sewaka said the agreement would also let Pos Indonesia, if
it wanted, lease satellite transponders of the Palapa-C series
operated by Satelindo.
"We will also be able to cooperate with Pos Indonesia to
install radio base stations in post offices in specific areas,"
he added. (icn)