Contact
Keeping in touch with the outside world from Indonesia is rarely a problem, at least if you stay anywhere close to the beaten track.
Telephone calls
As getting a fixed line remains an unaffordable luxury for many Indonesians, wartel (short for warung telekomunikasi) can be found on most every street in Indonesia.
- 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)
- Making long distance collect calls
- Dial 0871-(area code)
- Connecting to the Internet
- Dial 080989999 (from your modem)
- TELKOM Calling Card access number
- Dial 168
Mobile phones
The Indonesian mobile phone market is heavily competed 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 operators are Telkomsel (brand simPATI), Indosat (brands Matrix, Mentari, IM3) and Excelcomindo (brands Jempol, Bebas).
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!
Internet
The modern-day version of the wartel is the warnet, which feature Internet-connected PCs as well, and many shops now do double duty. Prices vary considerably, and as usual you tend to get what you pay for, but you'll usually be looking at around Rp 5,000 per hour.
Other information services
- Current time
- Dial 103
- Information about TELKOM services
- Dial 162
Emergency numbers
Here is a list of emergency numbers in Indonesia (please note that while these numbers are accessible for free from all non-mobile telephones, they may not be accessible from mobile phones [for mobile phones, you'd better use international mobile phones emergency number, 112]) :
- Police
- 110
- Fire department
- 113
- Ambulance
- 118
Links to useful telephone numbers
Here is a few links to list of useful telephone numbers:
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