Telegram service to discontinue

Telegram service to discontinue

SURABAYA: The East Java Regional Division of state
telecommunications company Telkom plans to terminate its telegram
service due to lack of demand.

Spokesman for the division Djadi Soegiarto said on Friday the
plan has been discussed seriously, with a decision to discontinue
the service expected to be made sometime this year.

Only people living in remote villages are using the service,
in relatively small numbers, thanks to widespread
telecommunications kiosks and the use of private telephones,
according to Djadi.

Citing an example, he said the branch office in Lamongan
delivered fewer than 20 telegrams per month recently, down from
30 in the previous period.

Djadi said the telegram service was also uneconomic, because
the cost of delivering a telegram to the designated address was
higher than the use of the technology itself. "It no longer makes
a profit," he added. -- Antara