Telkom ready for Y2K bug

Wed, 15 Dec 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): PT Telkom Indonesia, the state domestic
telecommunications provider, said on Tuesday that it had
successfully completed all necessary steps for Year 2000 (Y2K)
readiness.

The company said that all telecommunications equipment and
systems were Y2K compliant in accordance with the British
Standard Institutions and Bellcore standard.

PT Telkom spent US$28.3 million and Rp 8.1 billion for its Y2K
project.

The Y2K problem or the millennium bug arises because older
computer systems record dates using only the last two digits of
the year. If not corrected, such systems could treat "2000" as
"1900", generating errors or system crashes when the date rolls
over to Jan. 1, 2000. (hen)

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