Telkom ready for Y2K bug

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)