Satelindo adds network

Satelindo adds network

JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelindo, a Global System for Mobile
communications (GSM) operator, has installed a Main Switching
Center in Semarang, Central Java, to improve its service there,
one of its executives said.

Gamareza said in Semarang on Saturday that with the new
switching center, Central Java and Yogyakarta would not have to
depend on Jakarta.

He said that Satelindo would also open customer service
offices in Central Java next month.

Competition in the cellular industry it getting tighter not
only in Jakarta but also in North Sumatra, West, Central and East
Java and Bali.

Satelindo competes directly against PT Telkomsel's KartuHalo
and PT Excelomindo's GSM-XL.

Satelindo has listed 7,000 GSM subscribers in Central Java and
Yogyakarta, Antara news agency quoted Gamareza as saying.

"We will double this figure by next year," he said. (icn)