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services, including telephone (local and long-distance dials), facsimile, and telegraph
services, are provided by a state-owned enterprise, PT. Telekomunasi Indonesia
(PT.Telkom). Whereas, the international telecommunication services are provided by two
national communication satellite operators, i.e.: PT. Indosat (a state-owned enterprise,
holding 001 prefix) and PT. Satelindo (fully private enterprise, holding 008 prefix). One
who is willing to make an international direct dial can choose 001 or 008 prefix before
country and area codes. PT. Telkom provides various telecommunication services; the most important of which are telephone line connection for local dial (LD), long-distance dial (LDD), and international direct dials (IDD); facsimile; computer data communication via modems; etc. More than 150 towns in the country have been directly connected to 196 countries for IDD. Application for telephone line connection can be done at the nearest counter of PT. Telkom. One who has a telephone line installed may also install a standard facsimile machine for LD, LDD and IDD or a FastFax interface connected to Internet for all dials with LD rate, or install a modem for computer data interchange, or connect to the Internet global information network via an Internet Service Provider (ISP). In addition to stationary telephone system, there are some cellular telephone service providers in Indonesia, such as TelkomSel, Satelindo GSM, XL GSM, Komselindo AMPS, etc; some of which are equipped with roaming system for the nationwide and global dials. Various brands and types of the cellular telephone handset are available in the market or may be purchased directly from the cellular telephone service providers at the time of application for the services. Ratelindo provides a movable telephone station using a special antenna. One who are willing to have a cellular telephone connection is suggested to select an appropriate service provider, which can be searched out through advertisement on national newspapers and magazines or private TV programs. |
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