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Denpasar - Extinction of the recent electricity becoming more frequent in some areas, not only outside of Java, raising operational costs activation of cellular signal transmitter PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) up to 30-40 percent.

"We not only need to set up and buy a diesel generator, but also made difficult because any time there should be officers who handled the replacement of electricity supply in various cell towers," said Head of Corporate Communication XL, Febriati Nadira, in Denpasar, Friday.

In between the holidays and do miss a meeting with journalists on duty in Bali, noted that the addition of the largest operational cost for the purchase price of diesel by industrial standards, in addition to preparing the generator which in some areas should be added through purchase or lease.

In fact, in eastern Indonesia whose territory comprises the islands, to get fuel type diesel oil is also not as easy in Java. "To have sometimes had to tour the solar inter-island, so the cost is certainly more expensive," said Ira, Nadira Febriati close calls.

Without mentioning the value of operating cost increase the signal transmitter, mentioned that the preparation of generators and diesel oil also occurs in scattered thousands of base stations in Java and Bali.

Therefore, PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk to the general meeting of shareholders extraordinary mid-November 2009 approved the renaming process XL Axiata PT Tbk, PT PLN hopes to immediately improve the electricity supply service to customers, including the operational needs of cellular signal transmitter.

Although recently more common power outages by the PLN, but Ira says that so far operations XL cellular signal transmitters in various regions can be done continuously, so as not to interfere with customer service.

With the support of the electrical energy supply is better, is expected to ease in supporting the development of XL programs, including those already articulated in the AGM as the related increase in service over 26 million subscribers.

In the recent AGM, it is also approved for Limited Public Offering I (PUT) in order Publishing Rights Preemptive (HMETD) and approval to deploy the service Payment Shipping Costs through telecommunications networks.

XL plans to Limited Public Offering (PUT) I in the context of the publishing rights Preemptive (HMETD) with a reservation price for the stock Rp.2.000 perlembar.

Funds obtained from PUT I Rp2.836 trillion worth, after deducting the costs of emissions, all will be used to pay the debts of the Company, such as syndicated loan payments from DBS Bank Ltd., Export Development Canada, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., and Chinatrust Commercial Bank.

Then the loans from PT Bank Mandiri Tbk, PT Bank Mizuho loans from Indonesia, on loan from DBS Bank Ltd, and loans from the Export Credit Namnden (EKN) Buyer Credit Facility, funded Swedish Export Credit Corporation ).(*) (AFP)