Who says calls are costly?

Anyone suggesting that phone calls in Indonesia are among the most expensive in the world should look again, at least during the APEC meetings.

The state owned PT Telkom is giving a 25 percent discount on all phone calls made from any of its kiosks in Bogor in the run up to and during the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting on Nov. 15.

"We hope that the discount will help various parties involved in the conference, especially journalists covering the event," Djoko Bisowarno, head of Bogor Telkom office, reported to the Antara news agency.

Although the offer is only available at two of Telkom's kiosks in Bogor, residents of the city will get a benefit of another kind.

Telkom has bolstered the telephone capacity in the city so that phone calls made from there will have a better success ratio than they have in the past. (emb)