Telkom ready to cut its telephone tariffs by 20 percent

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - State telecommunication operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) will cut the retail tariff of all of its services by an average of 20 percent when the government-sanctioned reduced cost-based interconnection tariff takes effect on April 1, 2008 , a spokesman said.

"Our telephone tariff will be reduced by an average of 20 percent. It will apply to all our services, including cellular phone (Telkomsel) and fixed wires (Flexi)," Telkom`s Enterprises and Wholesale Services Director Arief Yahya told ANTARA on Friday. [more, antaranews]