Telkom introduces new phone cards

The state-owned telecommunications company, PT Telkom, is introducing seven kinds of telephone cards to highlight the leadership meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

Setyanto P. Santoso, PT Telkom's president, said over the weekend that four of the seven cards bear an orchid logo and the other three carry the logos of APEC-PT Telkom, the Bogor Palace and the National Monument (Monas).

He explained that in addition to the issuance of the phone cards, his company has installed 2,100 telephone lines, of which 1,300 lines are in the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center and the other 800 lines in the Bogor Palace.

"Telkom has also installed additional lines at the Soekarno- Hatta airport, the Halim Perdanakusuma airport, a number of five- star hotels where APEC delegates will stay and hospitals," Setyanto was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying.

The cost for the installation of the additional facilities reached Rp 3 billion (US$1.5 million), he said. (hhr)