PT Telkom wins ISO certificates
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned domestic telecommunications provider PT Telkom has obtained ISO 9002 certificates and will launch a gambling-like soccer quiz via telephone toll free with a total prize of up to Rp 30 million per week.
Telkom obtained here yesterday ISO 9002 certificates from TUV Rheinland and AFAQ International for its Central Jakarta office's 108 information services and 106 long-distance information services and for the company's fault management of the South Jakarta office.
The company also introduced yesterday its new customer service center on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat which was officially opened by Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave.
"The ISO certificates have to be followed with better services. Companies winning such certificates have to keep up their performance," Joop told reporters after inspecting the service center.
Telkom, which is listed on the Jakarta, Surabaya, London and New York stock exchanges, also launched yesterday two new services based on the Intelligent Network.
The services include Free Call which will allow users to switch charges to the numbers they called and Premium Call which is operated in cooperation with private firms including PT Info Media Nusantara, PT Jasnita Telekomindo, PT Roda Abadi Kencana, PT Asiatel and PT Megatronics Infocitra.
The Premium Call service includes a hotel directory and soccer league creation.
The soccer league quiz invites people to create teams based on teams in the Indonesian league competition, which will run from November this year to August next year.
People interested in participating in the game can call 0809-1-234567. Winners will be based on the highest scores. People over 17 years are welcome to join the game which offers a total of Rp 30 million (about US$111,111) in prizes each week.
Telkom's president, Asman A. Nasution, said the service, which was run in collaboration with PT Cipta Citra Sports as the commercial rights holder of Indonesia's league competition, was a simple game which awarded the winner a certain amount of money.
He denied the game was a form of gambling.
Gambling is illegal in Indonesia. A philanthropic lottery with a grand prize was discontinued several years ago after wide social protest. (icn)