Satelindo offers new service

Satelindo offers new service

JAKARTA (JP): Cellular operator PT Satelindo launched a new
service on Monday enabling its Mentari subscribers to continue
receiving calls and messages using the short message service
(SMS) even when their prepaid credits had been used up.

"As of today (Monday), customers will be able to receive calls
and SMS until their cards expire," Satelindo's senior executive
vice president for cellular service Jan Nilsson said in a
statement.

Previously, subscribers to Satelindo's prepaid service, called
Mentari, could only receive calls and SMS when their subscriber
identity module (SIM) cards had been refilled with call credits.

Nilsson said the service was part of Satelindo's program to
increase mobility for its prepaid customers, which includes the
elimination of domestic roaming charges last month.(tnt)