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Postal Services & EMS (Express Mail Services)

PT Pos Indonesia operates its service network to more than 17,000 islands throughout Indonesia. In order to maintain the service performance, transportation system becomes a very deep concern. Mostly, for mail transportation, Pos Indonesia relies on partnership with other parties such as train, bus, airplane and ship operators both owned by government and private companies. The delivery time and transportation connectivity are, however, set to achieve the UPU standard.
The details related to EMS tariff from Indonesia can be seen on http://www.ems.posindonesia.co.id/tarifems.html

International Direct Dialing

Making local calls - Dial (telephone number)
Making long distance calls - Dial 0-(area code)-(telephone number)
Making international calls - Dial 017-(country code)-(area code, if any)-(telephone number)
Beside "017" prefix, you can use "001", "007" or "008". For example 001-(country code)-(area code, if any)-(telephone number)
You can make International calls through operator - Dial 101 or 102.
Making long distance collect calls - Dial 0871-(area code)
Connecting to the Internet - Dial 080989999 (from your modem), costing you Rp. 165/minute in business days and Rp.100/minute on Saturdays and Sundays

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk., or TELKOM, is the largest InfoCom company and full service/network provider in Indonesia. For details visit the TELKOM official site: http://www.telkom.co.id/

TELKOM International call
SLI is an International Direct Dialing (IDD) phone call in which the corresponding subscribers are located in different countries. This service requires country code to be entered before pressing the corresponding destination number.
Tariffs
SLI activation does not require additional fee.
Applicable to standard timeband (100%) and 1-minute based.
 
Tariffs Comparison for TELKOM International Call 007

TELKOMGlobal-017

Global-017 is a new service from TELKOM that provides international call to 253 destinations around the world, either to fixed telephone or cellular.

Features:
1. Voice communication
2. Fax 

Tariffs
TELKOM Global-017 tariffs are 60 % of the standard International Call (SLI) tariffs (40% discount from the standard SLI tariffs) for all country and with no time band a.k.a flat rate anywhere, anytime.

Charge calculation examples:

Mobile Phones
The Indonesian mobile phone market is heavily competitive and prices are low: you can pick up a prepaid SIM card for less than Rp 20,000 and calls may cost as little as Rp 1,000 a minute (subject to the usual host of restrictions). Indonesia is also the world's largest market for used phones and basic models start from Rp 250,000. The largest GSM operators are Telkomsel (brand simPATI), Indosat (brands Matrix, Mentari, IM3) and Excelcomindo (brands Jempol, Bebas). While the CDMA operators are Telkom Flexi, Mobile-8, Starone (by Indosat) & Esia

Some of Mobile Phone Operators websites:
Telkomsel - http://www.telkomsel.com
Indosat - http://www.indosat.com
Excelcomindo - http://www.xl.co.id
Mobile-8 - http://www.mobile-8.com
Esia - http://www.esia.co.id

If you have Global System Mobile (GSM) cellular phone, ask your local GSM operator about "roaming agreement/facility" in Indonesia. Most GSM operators in Indonesia have a roaming agreement with various GSM operators worldwide. Using the roaming facility, you can use your own cellular phone and GSM SIM card in Indonesia.

Most Indonesian operators use GSM, but beware of the few offering CDMA phones; they are slightly cheaper, but generally not usable outside major cities. Be sure to double-check when buying!

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