Siemens markets new handset

Siemens markets new handset

JAKARTA (JP): German telecommunications equipment maker
Siemens will launch this week a new Global System for Mobile
(GSM) communications handset, the S-10, said to be the first
mobile terminal with color display.

The new handset, which will be distributed by Siemen's sole
Indonesian agent, PT Dian Graha Elektrika, also offers longer
talk time and standby.

There are about 800,000 GSM users in Indonesia.

Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson and Siemens control Indonesia's GSM
mobile cellular telephone handset market.

The S-10 is 25/27 millimeters high, 46 millimeters wide and
147 millimeters long. It weighs about 185 grams, including the
battery.

Each of the handsets has an internal modem which can be used
for data and fax transmissions.

Siemens previously offered the S-4, the S4 power and the S-6
handsets in Indonesia.

Dian's Graha's general manager, Robby Darmasetiawan, said his
company expected to sell 80,000 Siemens handsets by 1998. (icn)