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Overage Telkom 1 shuts down, disrupts banking services
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A building sign displays the logo of state-owned telecommunications company Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom). (Kontan/-)
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he Telkom 1 satellite of state-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom Indonesia (Telkom) had already passed its 15-year lifespan when it suddenly went offline on Friday.
The troubled satellite, launched on Aug. 4, 1999, is currently 18 years old.
Telkom 1 went offline on Friday at 4:51 p.m. Jakarta time, disrupting the services of several banks such as Bank Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Mandiri that use the Telkom 1 VSAT connection for their ATM and EDC machines.
Telkom is currently migrating the services to its Telkom 2 and Telkom 3S satellites. Telkom president director Alex Janangkih Sinaga said the total loss caused by the incident was still being calculated.
Read also: Telkom migrates services from troubled satelliteAlex said that the last check on the satellite in 2016 indicated it would be operational until 2019.
"We conducted a general check in 2014 and 2016, and the result was that Telkom 1 still had enough fuel to support its operation until 2019," Alex told a press conference on Monday in Jakarta.
He added that the satellite was insured with state-owned insurance firm Jasindo. (bbn)
