Telikom on target for millennium bug

Telikom PNG has announced that it is on target to have all its non- Y2K compliant systems ready this month.

Telikom managing director Lindsay

Lailai said the company was aware of the importance of the millennium bug and its effects and had given the Y2K program the

highest priority.

Lailai said that despite Telikom’s

financial difficulties, 90 per cent of the mission/revenue critical systems that were identified as non-Y2K compliant had been upgraded and replaced by the beginning of November. But he said to finish the upgrading, Telikom needed external funding to finance the programme.

The total Y2K rectification cost was estimated at K 23 million. Kl 6 million has already been paid, while the rest is to be

paid when the project is finished.

An independent audit to assess Telikom’s Y2K state of readiness will be carried out by German international telecommunications consultant company, Detecon. This is the third appraisal conducted on Telikom’s Y2K programme.

The previous assessments were carried out by Telstra Australia in November 1998 and YBT Enterprises in February this year. ■