Telkom branches get awards

BANTUL, Yogyakarta (JP): PT Telkom, the state-owned domestic telecommunications provider, presented World Class Operator (WCO) internal accreditation awards on Wednesday to 86 branch offices in the country's major provinces.

Telkom's president Asman Akhir Nasution officially gave the WCO accreditation to the heads of the branch offices in a ceremony held here.

The 86 Telkom branch offices are from Sumatra regional division (Div. I), Semarang and Yogyarata regional division (Div. IV), Kalimantan regional division (Div. VI), and Eastern Indonesia territory regional division (Div. VII).

Nasution said the WCO accreditation was given as part of an effort to upgrade Telkom's capability in providing communication services to the public.

Nasution said all of Telkom's provincial branches must obtain the WCO accreditation before Sept., 2001. (44)