Saturday, December 29, 2007

Flood Destroys Communication Access in Indonesia

Floods in Central Java and East Java of Indonesia have destroyed internet access in some areas.

Kasmadi, ICT Coordinator in Central Java said that big floods have destroyed areas in Central Java, such as wonogiri, Sukoharjo, Solo, Karanganyar, and Sragen, destroying 24 homes and claiming the lives of 65 people.

"… in Wonogiri and Karanganyar, internet access is off," Kasmadi told SDA Asia this morning. [more, sda-asia]

Bates and MindShare win Telkom in Indonesia

JAKARTA - BatesAsia 141 and MindShare have won the Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) account after a lengthy pitch against incumbent Euro RSCG/MPG, Saatchi & Saatchi/ZenithOptimedia and Lowe/Initiative. [more, brandrepublic]

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Mobile-8 Launches b-Live, Marks First Launch of BREW Services in Indonesia

PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk has announced the launch of wireless data services based on Qualcomm's (News - Alert) BREW solution with their product, b-Live. Mobile-8 Telecom is the first CDMA-based Indonesian cellular operator with full mobility services, commonly known for its brand product FREN. Initially, b-Live will be available on entry level handsets including Mobile-8's bundling handsets, Fren-ZTE (News - Alert) C 300 and Fren-ZTE C 330. [more, tmcnet]

Indonesia's Excelcom agrees $424 mln bank loans

JAKARTA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's third-biggest mobile phone operator, PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk EXCL.JK, has agreed loans of 4 trillion rupiah ($424.4 million) from Indonesia's largest lender, PT Bank Mandiri Tbk BMRI.JK. [more, reuters]

New Report Profiles 13 Major Asian Telcos

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78022) has announced the addition of 2007 Asia - Telco Company Profiles to their offering.

This report presents 13 profiles of selected major telecommunications companies in Asia. Each profile provides a descriptive overview of the business of the particular company as well as the latest available financial and operational statistics.

This publication contains overviews of the companies that have been attracting most attention in the region. The reports contain historical financial and operating data on each of the companies covered. [more, businesswire]

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Indonesia seeks deeper telecom probe

Indonesia's anti-trust agency, KPPU, will escalate an investigation into alleged price-fixing of tariffs for mobile phone text messages, a member of KPPU's investigative team, quoted by a Reuters report, said.

The Reuters report said the KPPU's chairman said last week that the agency had launched a probe into alleged price fixing of tariffs for short message services to all operators. [more, americasnetwork]

Indonesia's Telkom unit to buy an information technology company

JAKARTA, Dec 18, 2007 (Thomson Financial via COMTEX) -- TLK | charts | news | PowerRating -- Indonesia's biggest telecom company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) said Tuesday its wholly owned unit PT Multimedia Nusantara has signed a sale and purchase deal to buy an 80 percent stake in an information technology (IT) company. [more, tradingmarkets]

Temasek Files Appeal Against Indonesian Ruling (Update1)

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Temasek Holdings Pte, a Singapore state-owned investment company, appealed against an Indonesian court ruling that said it broke antitrust laws through stakes in the country's two biggest mobile-phone operators.

The appeal was filed at the Central Jakarta District Court, Temasek said today in a statement. Indonesia's antitrust regulator on Dec. 5 ordered the company to sell its stake in either PT Telekomunikasi Selular or PT Indosat within two years. [more, bloomberg]

KPPU widens the net in mobile probe

Indonesia’s Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has announced it is widening its probe into alleged price-fixing of SMS messages by eight of the country’s mobile operators, The Jakarta Post reports. In a statement the body said it had found evidence, albeit preliminary, of a ‘cartel-like’ arrangement between the companies involved. [more, telegeography]

Friday, December 14, 2007

Indonesian Networks Sign Tower Sharing Deal

Indonesia's Excelcomindo (XL) has signed a tower sharing deal with Hutchison Telecoms Indonesian subsidiary, PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications (HCPT). There are also unconfirmed reports coming in that the company has also signed a similar deal with the tiny local GSM operator, Lippo Telecom. [more, cellular-news]

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Indonesia's Indosat gets 228.5 million US dollar loan for satellite project

JAKARTA, Dec. 2, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- Indonesia's second biggest telecom company PT Indosat (NYSE:IIT) said Monday it has secured loans worth 228.5 million dollars to finance its Palapa-D satellite project.

The loans were arranged by HSBC and consist of two 12-year export credit facilities and a nine-year commercial loan facility. Each facility carries a two-year grace period. [more, cnnmoney]

Telecommunications In Indonesia 2007 - Local Services Will Be Predominantly Based...

Telecommunications In Indonesia 2007 - Local Services Will Be Predominantly Based on Last-Mile Wireless Connections by 2010DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c75877) has announced theaddition of Telecommunications in Indonesia 2007 to their offering. This Study has been published for those companies requiring anin-depth report describing the current state of the telecommunicationsindustry in Indonesia. [more, reuters]

Mobile-8 to Expand into Four More Provinces in Indonesia

Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk, a fast growing telecommunications company and the only CDMA-based mobile operator in Indonesia, is reportedly expanding its network into the major cities of four provinces: West Sumatra, Riau, Lampung and North Sulawesi. With the Indonesian telecom market growing exponentially in the past few years, Mobile-8 has seen growing demand for its services and solutions. As the market heats up, Mobile-8 is set to bring a world-class telecom experience to its subscribers. [more, tmcnet]

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Indosat's Profit +56% On Year

(RTTNews) - PT Indosat, Indonesia's second-largest telecom company, saw net profits for the period of January to September in 2007 soar to 1.45 trillion rupiah, the company announced Thursday.
That figure marks a 56 percent increase over 927.17 billion in the same period in 2006. [more, tradingmarkets]

Telecom tangle for Singapore's Temasek

JAKARTA - The recent decision of Indonesia's anti-monopoly watchdog to sanction and fine Singapore state-owned investment vehicle Temasek Holdings for breaking local competition laws has sparked new foreign investor concerns and marks another setback for the Singaporean government’s regional investment drive. The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) on Monday ordered Temasek to sell off its stake in either of Indonesia's two largest mobile-phone companies - Telkomsel and [more, asiatimes]

Temasek case not to undermine investment

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Monday`s verdict by the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) against Singaporean firm Temasek Holding has raised concerns that it would undermine the investment climate in Indonesia.Lee Theng Kiat, chief Executive of ST Telemedia, which is wholly owned by Temasek, said the KPPU`s ruling had raised a serious question on the implementation of the law and had at the same time also triggered the question whether foreign investors could feel secure about their investment in Indonesia. [more, antaranews]

Indonesia's Indosat nine-month net profit up 56 pct on stronger sales

JAKARTA, Nov. 21, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- Indonesia's second-biggest telecom company PT Indosat (NYSE:IIT) said its net profit for the first nine months rose 56 percent to 1.45 trillion rupiah, helped by stronger sales.Sales increased 34 percent to 11.88 trillion rupiah, with revenue from the cellular business rising 38 percent to 9.15 trillion rupiah.Indosat said its operating profit for the first nine months reached 3.20 trillion rupiah, up 31 percent on the same period in the previous year. [more, cnnmoney]

Ericsson, Telkomsel deploy solar base station in Indonesia

STOCKHOLM (MarketWatch) -- Ericsson Wednesday announced its latest evolution in low-energy telecommunication solutions, a solar-driven and energy-efficient main-remote GSM base station deployed in conjunction with Indonesian operator PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel). [more, marketwatch]

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Indonesia's Telkom kept a 'buy', target price raised by 9.5 percent - UBS

JAKARTA, Nov 14, 2007 (Thomson Financial via COMTEX) -- TLK charts news PowerRating -- UBS said Wednesday it's sticking with a "buy" rating on Indonesia's biggest telecom company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and raised its target price by 9.5 percent to factor in faster growth in fixed wireless and the broadband business in the medium to long term. [more, tradingmarkets]

TELEKOMRisTI Selects VPIsystems' OnePlan for VoIP Network Analysis and Migration

HOLMDEL, N.J., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Though an emerging market, Indonesia has one of the highest broadband growth rates in the world, at more than 200 percent annually.(1) To accommodate the rapid and substantial service and subscriber growth, carriers like incumbent PT Telekom are migrating their legacy TDM networks to next generation IP/MPLS networks that offer the promise of dramatically increased bandwidth and high quality of experience (QoE) for customers. The migration of those services to the new networks is a daunting challenge, however, since by their nature, IP networks are liable to drop or delay packets during overload conditions, introducing jitter and delay in services like VoIP, video and gaming. The last thing a carrier needs as it migrates its customers to a new network is for those customers to experience service problems during that migration [more, tmcnet]

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Indonesia's Telkom fixed-line, cellular subscribers up 31 percent at end-Sept

Indonesia's biggest telephone company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) said Friday it had 58.8 million fixed-line and cellular subscribers as of end-September, up 31 percent on an annualised basis. Cellular subscribers increased 36.9 percent to 44.5 million, representing more than 50 percent market share, Telkom said. [more, tradingmarkets]

Indonesia's Telkom to pay interim dividend of 48.45 rupiah per share

Indonesia's largest telephone company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) said Friday it will pay an interim dividend of 48.45 rupiah per share after posting strong nine-month earnings. [more, tradingmarkets]

RIM and Indosat introduce BlackBerry Curve 8300 and BlackBerry 8800 to Indonesia

The BlackBerry Curve 8300 and the BlackBerry 8800 smartphones from wireless solutions provider Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM) (TSX:RIM) have been introduced in Indonesia through Indosat, a telecomms and information service provider. [more, tradingmarkets]

Friday, November 9, 2007

Indosat Launches Two New BlackBerry Smartphones

The BlackBerry Curve 8300 is an innovative smartphone designed for customers who want a feature-rich multimedia phone with best-in-class mobile voice and data communication capabilities. It enables people on the move to make calls, send emails, surf the Internet, take and send photographs, listen to music, watch videos, access their organizer, and enjoy a range of other business and leisure applications. [more, huliq.com]

Indonesian govt to issue ruling on telecom tower-sharing by year-end

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - The Indonesian government is planning to issue a new ruling that will require mobile phone operators to share their transmitting towers to create a more efficient industry infrastructure, said an official at the Communications and Information Ministry. [more, abcmoney]

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Indonesia's Telkom keen to expand abroad -chairman

(Telkom), Indonesia's largest telecommunications firm, is very keen to move beyond its home market and make acquisitions abroad to boost profit growth, its chairman Tanri Abeng said on Tuesday. Telkom (TLKM.JK: Quote, Profile, Research)(TLK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will target emerging markets such as the Middle East and southeast Asia, and could also look for small stakes in companies in developed economies, Abeng told Reuters at a financial forum in Beijing. [more, reuters]

SingTel's Mobile Subscribers Up 57%

The regional subscriber base of State-owned Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) has grown by a staggering 57 per cent in the past year as the company takesadvatage of massive mobile phone growth in the Asia region. [more, mobilised]

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

SAT-GE aids growth of PT Telkom in Eastern Indonesia services roll-out

[ Bethesda, Maryland Business Wire via ITWeb, 1 November 2007 ] - SAT-GE, a provider of unique C and Ku-band satellite coverage stretching across the Pacific Ocean Region from coast-to-coast, today announced the provision of satellite capacity across Eastern Indonesia for PT Telkom, the leading incumbent telecommunications operator in Indonesia.Using multiple transponders on the GE-23 satellite, PT Telkom are able to rapidly extend their GSM/CDMA network and other services over Eastern Indonesia, providing connectivity deep into Papua, Maluku and Sulawesi. [more, ITWeb]

Friday, November 2, 2007

Indosat confirms additional loan for network expansion

Indonesia’s second largest telecoms company by subscribers, PT Indosat, says it has secured an additional loan of IDR400 billion (USD44.4 million) from Bank Central Asia (BCA) to help finance its network expansion programme. The telco has now borrowed a total of IDR2 trillion from BCA. [more, telegeography]

INDONESIA'S INDOSAT GETS ADDITIONAL LOAN TO FINANCE EXPANSION

JAKARTA, Nov 02, 2007 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- PSATF charts news PowerRating -- The country's second largest telecommunications company PT Indosat (JSX:ISAT) said it has received an additional loan of Rp400 billion (US$44.4 million) bringing its total loan to Rp2 trillion from Bank Central Asia (BCA).
The loan to be used to help finance its spending this year will mature in 2012, Indosat President Johnny Swandi said. [more, tradingmarkets]

BRIEFING - ASIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS - NOV 1, 2007

Nov 01, 2007 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- LTCLF charts news PowerRating -- An executive briefing on the telecommunications industry for Nov 1, 2007, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.
LG TELECOM OUTPACES KTF IN LURING NEW CUSTOMERS IN OCT
SEOUL - LG Telecom Ltd., South Korea's smallest mobile service carrier, outperformed its bigger rival KTF Co. (KSE:032390) in attracting new customers in October, according to data released by each operator Thursday. [more, tradingmarkets]

ST Telemedia submits defence in Indonesia anti-monopoly case

JAKARTA : Singapore Technologies Telemedia has presented its defence against allegations that it violated Indonesia's anti-monopoly law. The company's lawyers, who are in the Indonesia capital Jakarta to appear before a panel from the anti-monopoly watchdog (KPPU), expressed concerns over the allegations. [more, channelnewsasia]

Temasek submits final defence in anti-monopoly case

INDONESIA : Temasek Holdings has submitted its final defence in the anti-monopoly case against it by Indonesian watchdog KPPU. The Singapore investment company was charged with violating Indonesia's anti-monopoly laws through its stake in two large mobile telecommunication operators. [more, channelnewsasia]

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Govt urges Indosat to hasten construction of fixed network

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Director General of Post and Telecommunications Basuki Yusuf Iskandar has urged Indosat to step up the construction a CDMA fixed and local network in Indonesia in securing telephone subscribers of network.Basuki made the remarks on the sidelines of a fast-breaking get together with executives of the Ministry of Communications and Information in Jakarta on Tuesday. [more, antaranews]

DGPT warns Indosat over slow pace of fixed network rollout

Indonesia’s telecoms regulator, the Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications (DGPT), has warned PT Indosat over its apparent ‘sluggishness’ in rolling out its fixed line and fixed wireless (CDMA) networks. According to reports in The Jakarta Post, the director general met with Indosat officials last week to discuss his concerns and warn the company about the ‘lack of development in its fixed networks’. The verbal warning is seen as a precursor to possible sanctions should Indosat fail to get its house in order. Nevertheless, the verbal reprimand is a clear warning that the DGPT will not stand idly by if the company fails to – in its opinion – make good on its initial development commitments. [more, telegeography]

Temasek to Defend Against Indonesia Anti-Monopoly Ruling

Singapore's state investment firm Temasek Holdings said on Wednesday that it would defend itself against the findings by Indonesia's anti-trust body KPPU that it had violated the country's anti-monopoly laws.
"Temasek Holdings will vigorously defend its legal rights at all opportunities and in all available legal forums. As legal counsel for Temasek Holdings, I will be seeking clarification from KPPU on this matter," Temasek said in a statement to Reuters, quoting its lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis. "The claims against Temasek Holdings are baseless and without merit," the email said. [more, cnbc]

Friday, October 5, 2007

IM2 launches HSDPA wireless broadband package

INDOSATM2 (IM2), a wholly owned subsidiary of PT Indosat in Indonesia which offers internet, multimedia and other IP-based services, has announced the launch of its IM2 ECO! Package, writes The Jakarta Post. The new service will allow subscribers to gain access to high speed wireless broadband services based on High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology in ten cities, for IDR160,000 (USD17.64) per month. The launch is part of the company’s ‘Broadband Anywhere’ initiative, launched in December last year to provide an affordable wireless broadband option across the archipelago. IMS also offers three other subscription bundles: YOU!, PRO! and MAX!, costing IDR350,000, IDR625,000 and IDR900,000 per month, respectively. [more, telegeography]

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Telekom Malaysia, Excelcomindo ratings on negative watch - S&P

MUMBAI, Oct. 1, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP) Ratings Services placed its ratings on Telekom Malaysia Bhd and its Indonesian unit PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk on creditwatch with negative implications, after Telekom Malaysia said it plans to separate its cellular and international operations from its fixed-line business. [more, cnnmoney]

Indonesian shares end morning sharply higher led by Indosat, Telkom

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesian shares closed the morning session sharply higher led by Indosat and Telkom on expectations of strong earnings in the telecom sector, with the firmer rupiah underpinning the positive sentiment. [more, forbes]

Telecommunications industry wide open for development

Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - The telecommunications industry in Indonesia is still open to further development, both in terms of technology and public service."Many investors are still keenly interested in the development of the telecommunications industry in Indonesia, in view of its still low penetration and teledensity compared to these aspects in other countries, especialy in South East Asia," President Director of Smart Telecom, Sutikno Wijaya said here Friday. [more, antaranews]

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Verdict on Temasek Indon case in Nov

Indonesia's competition regulator will decide by early November whether Temasek Holdings used its indirect stakes in the nation's two biggest mobile-phone operators to fix prices, the agency's chairman Mohammad Iqbal said. [more, todayonline]

COMPTEL: Indonesia's Excelcomindo Deploys Comptel Convergent Mediation Solution™

Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading vendor of dynamicOperations Support System (OSS) software, announced today that PTExelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL), has deployed Comptel Convergent MediationSolution. This Comptel solution was implemented in collaboration withlocal system integrator Lintas Teknologi in less than two months fromcontract to delivery, including the delivery of the most critical partin just one month. The Comptel Mediation Solution replaces another 3rdparty solution that had failed to meet XL's expectations. [more, Kauppalehti Online]

Indonesian cell phone operators urged to lower charges

A study by a local university on the mobile telecommunications industry has found cell phone operators' high earnings mean they could afford to lower their charges.At present, industry players boast an average EBITDA (earning before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of more than 60 percent, according to the research by Indonesia's Padjadjaran University in Bandung. [more, people's daily online]

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Global Mediacom acquires 62.63 million Mobile-8 shares

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed investment company PT Global Mediacom, formerly PT Bimantara Citra, has acquired 62,693,500 shares of telecommunication firm PT Mobile-8 Telecom, a Global Mediacom director said."The transaction was carried out on September 5-14. Each share was sold at Rp289," Hary Tanoesoedibjo told the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam)-(Financial Institution) here Friday. [more, antaranews]

PT Indosat Tbk "underperform," target price raised

LONDON, September 21 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Credit Suisse maintain their "underperform" rating on PT Indosat Tbk (ticker: IDO1), while reducing their estimates for the company. The target price has been raised from Rp5350 to Rp5750. [more, newratings]

Friday, September 21, 2007

Fitch Comments on Indonesia's Third IDD Licence Award

Fitch Ratings says that the recent award of a third international direct dialing (IDD) licence to fixed-wireless operator PT Bakrie Telecom (Bakrie) carries neutral implications for existing IDD operators PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat) over the near to medium term. At the same time, Fitch notes that the outcome of the licensing was somewhat unexpected, with Bakrie emerging successful over larger rival PT Excelcomindo Pratama (XL). New mobile entrant PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler was also unsuccessful in its bid. [more, cellular-news]

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Indosat plans USD213m network expansion

Indonesia’s second largest communications company Indosat has announced it is borrowing USD213 million from a local bank in order to fund its network expansion plans. According to Bloomberg, Indosat will use the funds to improve capacity, including the addition of 2,118 mobile phone towers in 2007, bringing the total to 8,366. [more, telegeography]

INDONESIA: Residents protest telco company

Jakarta --- More than 500 residents of Kebahar Dukuh village in Serang, Banten province, staged a rally against a cellular phone operator demanding compensation for harm they say was caused by a telecommunication tower in their neighborhood.
The rally turned violent when the residents breached a perimeter fence, attempting to scale the tower.
The tower, built ten years ago, belongs to telecommunications operator Excelcomindo (XL). [more, asiamedia]

18-09-007: Indonesia's Bakrie wins IDD licence from government

JAKARTA: Indonesian mobile phone operator PT Bakrie Telecom Tbk has won a licence to enter the long distance call market, beating its larger rival, PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk, a government official said late on Sept 17.
Bakrie Telecom, controlled by the family of Chief Social Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie, has been an aggressive player in the fixed wireless market since 2003, and has been seeking to expand its reach in the overall telecoms market. [more, theedgedaily]

UPDATE: Bakrie Telecom Gets International Call License - Official

JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- The Indonesian government has awarded cellular call operator PT Bakrie Telecom (BTEL.JK) a license to operate international fixed- line call services, a senior government official told reporters Monday.
"We awarded the license to Bakrie Telecom as the company meets all the requirement to operate the services," Director General of Post and Telecommunication Basuki Yusuf Iskandar told reporters. [more, cnnmoney]

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Nokia Intellisync powers Indosat’s mobile office

Indonesian telco Indosat says its cellular arm Satelindo has inked a deal with Nokia for the supply of a mobile e-mail solution. [more, telegeography]

UPDATE: Bakrie Telecom Gets International Call License - Official

JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- The Indonesian government has awarded cellular call operator PT Bakrie Telecom (BTEL.JK) a license to operate international fixed- line call services, a senior government official told reporters Monday. [more, cnnmoney]

Indonesia's Mobile-8 ratings affirmed after completion of bond issue - Moody's

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service affirmed the 'B2' corporate family rating of PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk, Indonesia's fourth-largest cellular operator.
At the same time, Moody's (nyse: MCO - news - people ) affirmed the 'B2' rating for the 100 mln usd senior unsecured 11.25 pct bond due 2013 issued by Mobile-8 Telecom Finance Company BV and guaranteed by Mobile-8 after the completion of the bond issuance. [more, forbes]

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Pay TV operators file legal complaint against Astro

Three local pay TV operators have filed a legal complaint with the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) accusing the pay TV network Astro TV Indonesia of unfair business practices.
The local operators, PT Indosat Mega Media (IM2 Pay TV), PT Indonesia Telemedia (Telkomvision) and PT MNC Sky Vision (Indovision), said Friday that PT Direct Vision, which operates the Astro pay TV service in Indonesia, had unfairly secured the exclusive rights to live broadcasts of the Barclays English Premier League in Indonesia. [more, thejakartapost (subsc.)]

Press Council condemns Telkom for releasing journalist's phone logs

The Indonesian Press Council condemned Friday state-owned telecommunication services provider PT Telkom for giving the text messaging records of a journalist to law enforcement official.
Earlier this week, Jakarta Police summoned Tempo magazine journalist Metta Dharmasaputra for questioning concerning a tax fraud case after getting his text messaging records from PT Telkom. [more, thejakartapost (subsc)]

Esia enters E. Java CDMA market, TelkomFlexi offers special rates

Cellular phone operator PT Bakrie Telecom, through its CDMA brand Esia, has expanded its services to the East Java cities of Surabaya and Malang.
Supported by 102 base transceiver stations in the two cities, the company is upbeat about competing with other CDMA operators and more established players in the area, Bakrie vice president director Erik Meijer said. [more, thejakartapost (subsc.)]

PT Smart Telecom Indonesia Selects OceanLake's MobileMail Platform MobileMail to be included in selected service plans for PT Smart customers

Singapore and Toronto, Ontario CANADA, September 14, 2007 /FSC/ - Oceanlake Commerce Inc. (OLI - TSX Venture, OLIKF - OTCBB_Pink_Sheets), announced today that it has entered into a managed services agreement with PT Smart Telecom (Indonesia) to utilize the OceanLake MobileMail service platform. Smart Telecom will be bundling mobile email as part of selected service plans to make it available to all new subscribers. [more, usetdas]

Fasilitas Telekomunikasi TELKOM Paska Gempa Bengkulu Telah Pulih

Jakarta, 13 September 2007 - Pelayanan PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. (TELKOM) mengalami gangguan fasilitas telekomunikasi pada hari Senin, 12 September 2007sebagai akibat terjadinya gempa bumi di Bengkulu. Menurut Vice President Public and Marketing Communication TELKOM, Eddy Kurnia, gangguan fasilitas telekomunikasi TELKOM terjadi di wilayah Muara Aman tetapi telah pulih kembali sedangkan di wilayah Muko-Muko diharapkan malam ini akan berfungsi normal. [more, telkom]

Friday, September 14, 2007

Now, Idea roamers to get seamless experience

NEW DELHI: Mumbai-Based cellular service provider Idea Cellular has joined the Asia Mobility Initiative (AMI) Alliance, a regional international roaming alliance, that will give users seamless roaming experience. The AMI alliance now has six GSM members — Celcom (Malaysia), MobileOne (Singapore), Excelcomindo (Indonesia), Telstra (Australia) and DTAC (Thailand), apart from Idea — with a combined subscriber base of over 58 million. Asia-Pacific accounts for 34% of the industry’s outbound roaming traffic. [more, indiatimes]

Trendsmedia and Beacon Events to Produce WiMAX World Asia 2008

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trendsmedia, the events and publishing division of Yankee Group Research, Inc. and Beacon Events announced today that they will co-produce the second annual WiMAX World Asia Conference and Exposition to be held in Bangkok, March 18-20, 2008. WiMAX World is the largest global event series in the world focused on WiMAX and wireless and mobile broadband. For more information on WiMAX World visit: www.wimaxworld.com [more, businesswire]

Indonesia's Telkomsel Debt Ratings Held at Stable

... Fitch says that Telkomsel's ratings reflect its entrenched position as Indonesia's leading cellular operator and favourable growth prospects. It is 65% owned by the incumbent Telekomunikasi Indonesia, and 35% owned by Singapore Telecommunications, from whom Telkomsel derives operational benefits and technological support. As the largest beneficiary of ongoing robust industry growth, the company has achieved consistently impressive operating results - total subscribers increased to 42.8 million at H107 from 35.6m at FYE06, implying annualised growth of 41% and a market share of around 56%. [more, celluler-news]

KPPU, the ideal watchdog for unfair competition

... Take the allegations directed at Indosat, Telkomsel and Temasek, for instance. It is alleged that through its indirect ownership in the two largest cellular telecommunication companies in Indonesia, Temasek has created a false price equilibrium in which it profited heavily through price fixing. The allegation is of course denied by Temasek, Indosat and Telkomsel. Arguments regarding the government's role in setting tariffs and prices were used in order to deflect the allegations. [more, thejakartapost]

Esia enters E. Java CDMA market, TelkomFlexi offers special rates

Cellular phone operator PT Bakrie Telecom, through its CDMA brand Esia, has expanded its services to the East Java cities of Surabaya and Malang.
Supported by 102 base transceiver stations in the two cities, the company is upbeat about competing with other CDMA operators and more established players in the area, Bakrie vice president director Erik Meijer said. [more, thejakartapost]

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Indonusa Chooses Harmonic For Satellite Pay TV Service

09/05/07 - Satellite Today] PT Indonusa Telemedia has implemented Harmonic's technology into its direct-to-home satellite service in Indonesia, the company announced Sept. 4. Indonusa Telemedia is using Harmonic's DiviCom Electra 1000 multi-channel MPEG-2 standard definition encoders, as well as the ProStream 1000 stream processing platform with ProCipher scrambling technology used for both multiplexing and encryption, and the NMX Digital Service Manager for end-to-end monitoring and control of the video service. Indonusa is a subsidiary company of Telkom Indonesia Group. The company has a goal of reaching 120,000 subscribers by the end of 2007 and one million subscribers by 2010. [more, satellitetoday]

Indosat clarifies disturbance in cellular network

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed state-owed telecommunicatons operator PT Indosat has filed an official report to the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulating Agency (BRTI) clarifying a disturbance in its cellular networks in a number of locations in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi on Friday night and Saturday."We clarified the disturbance this morning and reported the case to the telecommunications regulating agency," Adita Irawati, PT Indost`s head of public relations, said here on Monday [more, antaranews]

Bakrie Telecom to sell affordable cell phones

PT Bakrie Telecom, whose cellular business trades under the Esia brand, is to sell handsets at relatively affordable prices, in cooperation with China-based vendor Huawei, so as to help boost the number of its subscribers to 3.6 million by the end of the year.
Vice president Erik Meijer said Monday that the handsets, plus Rp 50,000-worth of Esia talktime, would be sold at Rp 199,000 (US$21), excluding tax. [more, thejakartapost]

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Bakrie Telekom to open networks in 17 cities

Solo, C Java (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed telecommunications operator PT Bakrie Telekom Tbk is planning to open new networks in the country`s 17 major cities at a total cost of Rp2 trillion this year. [more, antaranews]

ST Telemedia Increases Equity Stake in Global Crossing

... Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) is a leading player in the telecommunications and information services industry, with core competencies in mobile telephony and global IP services. ST Telemedia invests in and manages an innovative group of companies globally, including StarHub, Indosat, Global Crossing, TeleChoice, Camshin and Lao Telecoms. [more, CNNMoney]

Excelcomindo's rating outlook revised to positive - Moody's

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service said it has changed PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk's (XL) outlook to positive, while affirming the company's 'Ba2' local currency issuer rating. [more, forbes]

Altimo insists on Indonesia investment

... "We will never give up on our plan, including the possibility of buying a mobile telecoms operator here," Altimo local chief representative Soeharto told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. [more, thejakartapost]

Alfa reps to accompany Russian president to RI

... According to a story by Russia's online business news portal Kommersant published last week, the main objective of Alfa's visit is to negotiate with the Indonesian government for the purchase of a 41 percent stake in the country's main telecommunication company, Indosat. [more, thejakartapost]

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Indosat’s first half net profit up 54% year on year

Indonesian telecommunications operator Indosat's operating revenues were IDR7.69 trillion (USD821.3 million) and operating income was IDR2 trillion for the first half of 2007. Mobile, fixed data and fixed voice services contributed 77%, 13% and 10% to operating revenues respectively. [more, telegeography]

Telkomsel projects one million subscribers with access to mobile Internet Yahoo! by end of 2007

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Cellular operator PT Telkomsel predicted that its subscribers with access to the Mobile Internet service Yahoo! Go and Yahoo! on Search, may reach one million by end of 2007. [more, antaranews]

Friday, August 24, 2007

Indosat ups CAPEX to USD1.2 billion to meet wireless demand

... Indosat president director Johnny Swandi Sjam told the paper that around 15%-20% of the total would be spent on network expansion, including work on new base transceiver stations (BTSs), while the remainder would be used to improve services. [more, telegeography]

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Indosat Acquisition to Be Deliberated at the Highest Level

... “Alfa will attempt to use the president’s visit to agree with Indonesian government on the parity buyout of 41 percent in Indosat from Singapore Temasek subsidiary - Singapore Technologies Telemedia," a source that arranges the event said on condition of anonymity. [more, kommersant]

Indosat boosts capital expenditure to $1.2b

PT Indosat, the country's second largest mobile phone operator, will increase its capital expenditure this year to US$1.2 billion from $1 billion as initially planned to further expand its networks and improve the quality of its services. [more, thejakartapost]

Sinar Mas to Enter Indonesian Mobile Market, Stoking Price Cuts

Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- PT Sinar Mas Telecommunications, controlled by billionaire Eka Tjipta Widjaja, plans to become the 10th mobile-phone operator in Indonesia, where competition has forced companies to slash call rates.
The company, a unit of the nation's largest palm oil producer, plans to build a network capable of serving 1.4 million users by the end of the year, Director Ubaidillah Fatah said in an interview. Jakarta-based Sinar Mas aims to attract 700,000 users this year, after starting services next month. [more, bloomberg, telegeography]

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

PT Ericsson Indonesia’s Holders Send to Sweden

Ericsson first arrived in Indonesia in 1907 and has been supplying the country's telecommunications sector ever since. It provided Indonesia's first cellular network in 1987 and GSM (global system for mobile communications) network in 1995. In 2006, it introduced 3G technology to Indonesia. [more, scandasia]

Hutchison Telecom Reports 2007 First Half Unaudited Results

... Hutchison Telecom launched its Indonesian operations through PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications ("HCPT") during the reporting period, using the global brand '3'. In the cities where our GSM services are available, including Jakarta and Bali as well as Batam, HCPT has already garnered a double-digit market share in gross customer additions. This is largely due to our extensive retail distribution network, strong branding and simple tariffs that fulfil the needs of a vast and underserved segment. [more, sys-con]

Indonesia`s Mobile-8 sells $100 mln bonds to finance 2008 capex, debt

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia's fourth largest mobile telephone operator PT Mobile-8 Telecom said Tuesday its unit Mobile-8 Finance BV has sold bonds worth 100 million US dollars.Mobile-8 president Hidadjat Tjandradadja told Thomson Financial that Mobile-8 will guarantee the bonds and will use the proceeds to finance its 2008 capex and refinance old debt. [more, antaranews]

Investigation into alleged Temasek price fixing extended

Indonesia’s anti-trust commission has extended its investigation into Temasek Holdings by 30 days as the Singapore government investment agency seeks to fend off criticisms that it has too much control of the Indonesian mobile market [more, telecomtv]

Friday, August 17, 2007

INDONESIA: Anti-monopoly law probe into Temasek yields no verdict

Jakarta --- Indonesia's anti-monopoly watchdog yesterday failed to reach a verdict on its controversial probe into Singapore's Temasek Holdings' alleged monopolistic practices in the telecommunication business.
Its 60-day period of investigation into the case ended yesterday without any conclusion whether Temasek breached Indonesia's anti-monopoly law by dominating the market and engaging in price-fixing. [more, asiamedia.ucla]

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Leading Mobile Operator PT Excelcomindo Pratama Deploys Cantata’s VoIP Media Gateway

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cantata Technology™, Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of enabling communications technology, today announced that PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL), a leading mobile operator in Indonesia and a Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) subsidiary, has deployed Cantata’s IMG 1010™ integrated media and signaling VoIP Gateway. The IMG 1010 will enable XL to provide an innovative hosted PBX solution to its corporate clients and allow for the expansion of its international VoIP network. [more, businesswire]

Ericsson awarded network expansion contract by XL in Indonesia

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been awarded an expansion contract by PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) to expand its GSM/GPRS and WCDMA/HSPA in the country. [more, techwhack]

Indonesia Telekom plans broadband focus as cellular competition hots up

Telekom Indonesia is retreating from its exposure to Indonesia’s highly competitive wireless market and is to invest more in promoting fixed broadband services. There are now 10 cellular operators in Indonesia and Telkomsel’s ARPU has declined by eight per cent so far this year. [more, telecomtv]

Telkom sees 30 pct jump in 07 Indonesia mobile users

JAKARTA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia's top telecommunication firm, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLKM.JK: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Tuesday it expects the number of mobile phone users in the country to grow more than 20 million this year, representing a gain of about 30 percent. Rinaldi Firmansyah, Telkom's president director, also said he was optimistic that the largest company on the Jakarta bourse would meet its targets for this year. [more, reuters]

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Indonesia Mobile-8 prices $100 mln high-yield bond

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Indonesian mobile phone operator PT Mobile-8 Telecom (FREN.JK: Quote, Profile , Research) priced a smaller-than-expected $100 million high-yield bond on Wednesday as improving credit market conditions allowed a number of borrowers to issue. [more, reuters]

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Upgrades VoIP Network with MERA Systems’ Softswitch

Toronto, ON, Canada (August 07, 2007) — MERA Systems – a key provider of VoIP softswitches and session controllers for efficient management of VoIP communications – has won a contract to provide a softswitch solution for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), the major Indonesia-based telco. [more, mera-voip]

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Telkomsel selects Comverse Fun Dial™

Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest operator with more than 42 million customers, is replacing its current system with Comverse Fun Dial™ for personalized ringback tones and content management. With this selection by Telkomsel, Fun Dial achieves a key milestone: 50 operators around the world have now chosen Comverse Fun Dial as their ringback tone vendor, helping them to realize their marketing strategies by maximizing the content experience and extending it in new and creative directions. [more, moneycontrol]

07-08-2007: Ericsson to expand 2G, 3G coverage in Indonesia

PETALING JAYA: Telekom Malaysia (TM) Bhd’s unit PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) has awarded Ericsson a contract to expand its 2G and 3G cellular networks in Indonesia.
The three-and-a-half-year agreement will see Ericsson supplying both 2G and 3G radio access networks and Mini-Link transmission equipment to XL for its expansion in Indonesia besides the deployment of its mobile softswitch solution. [more, theedgedaily]

Ericsson wins network expansion order from Indonesia's XL

STOCKHOLM (Thomson Financial) - LM Ericsson AB said it has won an order to expand Indonesian operator PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk's (XL) GSM/GPRS and WCDMA/HSPA networks. [more, forbes]

Indonesia's Mobile-8 says may defer dlr bond issue

JAKARTA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Indonesian mobile phone operator, PT Mobile-8 Telecom, said on Monday it would decide this week whether to proceed with a planned $150 million bond issue given recent market volatility. [more, reuters]

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Internet providers offer free Wi-Fi access

To promote the use of handset Internet, PT Nokia Indonesia has teamed up with three Internet service providers to offer free access to owners of N-series mobile phones at their Wi-Fi zones or wireless Internet connection areas. [more, thejakartapost]

Friday, August 3, 2007

Excelcomindo Finance's foreign currency rating on review for upgrade - Moody's

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service has placed the Excelcomindo Finance Company BV's 'Ba3' foreign currency senior unsecured bond rating on review for possible upgrade following Moody's decision to review Indonesia's 'Ba3' foreign currency bond ceiling for upgrade. [more, forbes]

Ericsson expands WCDMA/HSPA network for Indosat in Indonesia

PT Indosat Tbk. (Indosat) has awarded Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) a contract extension to expand its WCDMA/HSPA network coverage in greater Jakarta, Indonesia. Indosat consumers in the area will receive wider coverage and faster mobile broadband speeds.
Ericsson will be responsible for supplying core, radio access network and transmission equipment, covering network design, deployment, integration, performance and improvement of their WCDMA/HSPA network. The network coverage expansion would bring Indosat service to more of its greater Jakarta subscribers. [more, money.cnn]

Indonesia's MGTI bond rating on review for possible upgrade - Moody's

... MGTI has a fixed-line telecommunications network in the Central Java area (known as KSO IV) and assigns all of its exclusive operating rights to state-owned telecommunications incumbent, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, under an amended Joint Operating Scheme (KSO) agreement that expires on Dec 31, 2010. [more, forbes]

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Indonesia Indosat ARPU down 7 pct so far in '07

JAKARTA, July 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia's second largest telecoms firm, PT Indosat Tbk (ISAT.JK: Quote, Profile, Research), said average revenue per mobile phone user (ARPU) had fallen around 7 percent so far this year as tough competition forces mobile operators to cut prices. [more, reuters]

Telkom’s Q2 net income rises 50% on mobile growth

Indonesia’s largest fixed and mobile telecoms operator, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), yesterday reported a net profit of IDR3.58 trillion (USD388.5 million) in the April-June period, up 51.9% from IDR2.36 trillion a year ago, according to Reuters calculations, while revenue rose 25.5% to IDR15.28 trillion. [more, telegeography]

Indonesia to provide phone links to all villages by end 2008

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - The Indonesian government wants to provide telephone links to all villages in the country by the end of 2008, Communications Minister Muhammad Nuh said Tuesday. [more, forbes]

Telkomsel Deploys Flash Networks' Quality of Experience Management Solution

Flash Networks, a provider of mobile data Quality of Experience (QoE) management solutions has announced that Telkomsel has deployed its NettGain solution.Boasting a subscriber base of 40 million subscribers, Telkomsel is a well known telecom operator in Indonesia. It will employ NettGain to enhance the mobile data user quality of experience over GPRS and UMTS networks. [more, tmcnet]

Telkomsel Selects Comverse Fun Dial for Personalized Ringback Tones

Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest operator with more than 42 million customers is replacing its current system with Comverse Fun Dial for personalized ringback tones and content management. Comverse is a subsidiary of Comverse Technology (News - Alert), Inc. and a supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services. [more, tmcnet]

Indonesia's Telkom Q2 net up

INDONESIA'S largest telecommunications company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, posted a better-than-expected 50 per cent rise in its second quarter net profit, led by strong growth in its mobile phone business.
State-owned Telkom, also the biggest listed firm on the Jakarta exchange with a market capitalisation of US$23.1 billion, controls 65 per cent of PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), Indonesia's top mobile operator. [more, bruneitimes]

Indonesia's Telkom's H1 net profit up 14 pct on stronger sales

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesia's largest telephone company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), posted net profit of 6.62 trillion rupiah for the first half of this year, 14 percent more than it made a year before because of stronger sales, the company said Tuesday. [more, forbes]

ICT stakeholders prepare roadmap for convergence

... "The roadmap basically says how we want the ICT sector to move forward, considering all the existing challenges faced by all the stakeholders involved," Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body (BRTI) member Heru Sutadi told The Jakarta Post after a seminar on fixed-mobile convergence in Jakarta on Monday. [more, thejakartapost]

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Telkomvision to triple number of subscribers this year

Telkomvision, a pay-TV company operated by PT Indonusa Telemedia, which in turn is owned by state telecommunications provider PT Telkom, hopes to triple the number of its customers to 120,000 this year through its prepaid pay-TV service. [more, thejakartapost]

Temasek's leading lady bets on Barclays

... Temasek's investment in Indonesia's PT Indosat (ISAT.JK: Quote, Profile, Research) has also come under attack, in part because Temasek-linked companies are big investors in the country's telecoms sector. Temasek says it is not involved in any anti-competitive business practices. [more, reuters, economictimes]

Telekom Malaysia Records RM885.9 Mln Pre-tax Profit

... The increase in cellular revenue was mainly contributed by its subsidiaries Celcom (M) Bhd and PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk, arising from an increase in customers and usage, Telekom's group chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Wahid Omar said during a press conference here today. [more, bernama, star-techcentra, theedgedaily]

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Jakarta shares close lower on profit-taking; Medco, BCA limit index fall -UPDATE

Index heavyweight Telkom shed 50 rupiah or 0.5 percent to 10,950 while rival Indosat declined 150 rupiah or 2 percent to 7,350. [more, forbes]

Excelcom reports rising 1H profits, subscriber numbers

Publicly-listed mobile operator PT Excelcomindo Pratama (Excelcom) reported gross operating income of IDR3.7 trillion (USD408.1 million) in the first half of 2007, a 28% rise on the same period of 2006, driven by subscriber gains thanks to the introduction of new ‘service programmes’. At the end of June the company had 10.2 million customers, up 22% year-on-year from 8.4 million in June 2006. Pre-tax income in the six-month period was also up 29% from IDR1.2 trillion to IDR1.6 trillion. [more, telegeography]

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

TELKOMSolution, build integrared infocom service for high end market

... TELKOMSolution is the answer for the need of business world,” said Vice President Public & Marketing Communication Telkom, Eddy Kurnia on lauching TELKOMSolution logo at Chase Plaza Building, Jakarta. Eddy say, that TELKOMSolution specialy designe for company who need integrared information technology support. [more, telkom]

Govt asks cellular operators to disclose their cost structure

JAKARTA (Antara): Communications and Information Minister Muhammad Nuh has called on cellular operators to disclose their cost strutures so that the government can see whether or not it is possible to lower their service rates. [more, thejakartapost]

Three Ways to Invest in Indonesia

... Indosat tbk PT (IIT) was founded in 1967. It is a large telecommunications company in Indonesia which trades on the New York Stock Exchange. It has a P/E of 27.6, a P/S of 3.13, and a yield of 3.1%. Its quarterly earnings were up 26%, on a 30% increase in earnings. [more, seekingalpha.com]

XL posts Rp3.7 T in gross profit

Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed cellular phone operator PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) said on Tuesday its gross income in the first half of 2007 rose 28 percent to Rp3.7 trillion from the same period last year on its successful service programs offered to subscribers. [more, antaranews]

Telkomsel responds

... Telkomsel's "You've Got Mail" (TYGM) is a push email service from various accounts directly to cellular phones, like the short message service (SMS). It is the first push email service in Indonesia which can be enjoyed both by pre- and post-paid customers. [more, thajakartapost]

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Indonesia Telecommunications Market Report

... A look at the composition of leading Indonesian telecoms operator Telkom’s revenues tells the story of the local market. Whilst fixed revenues contributed 40% of the telco’s income in 2001, today this figure stands at about 20%. Meanwhile, the operator’s mobile unit now contributes 40% of revenues, whilst 16.5% are now accounted for by data and internet services. This represents quite a switch in consumer demand towards the popularity of wireless, voice and, increasingly, non-voice value added services, and even high-speed broadband internet access. Despite these positives, growth is not as it might be in Indonesia’s telecoms market (and certainly not in the fixed-line sector), whilst even the rise of the mobile market in 2006 has been a little disappointing. It points to a weak infrastructure, investor concerns over security, corruption and taxation levels, and a lack of competition for this failure for Indonesia to live up to expectations. [more, prlog.org]

Indosat adds 3.3 million customers in H1

Indonesian operator Indosat added 3.3 million new customers in the first six months of this year, representing a rise in customers of 44 percent year-on-year, the Jakarta Post writes. The company ended the period with some 20 million subscribers, president director Jhonny Swandi Sjam said. At the end of this year, Indosat targets 21 to 23 million customers. [more, telecom.paper.nl]

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Indosat hits 20 million customers in first semester of 2007

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - State-owned satellite operator PT Indosat booked 3.3 new cellular customers in the first semester of 2007, bringing the total number of its customers to 20 million, its President Director Johnny Swandi Syam has said. [more, antaranews, thejakartapost]

Smooth operator

... For 2007 and beyond, the Asian telecommunication industry is expected to capitalise on past consolidation and reforms to chart new cycles of growth, characterised by higher investments and development of advance networks, building of new infrastructure and provisions for more value added services. [more, thestaronline]

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Bakrie Telecom ups customer target to 3.6 million this year

Bakrie Telecom (BTEL), the telecommunications unit of Bakrie and Brothers, reported Wednesday a 63 percent rise in gross revenues to Rp 580 billion (US$63.7 million) in the first semester, from Rp 355 billion in the same period of 2006. The company, which operates a CDMA-based mobile phone service using the Esia brand, attributed the sharp increase to a 112-percent jump in the number of its subscribers to 2.2 million as of the end of June from 1.1 million at the end of the same month in 2006. [more, thejakartapost]

Friday, July 20, 2007

Mobile-8 assigned 'B2' corporate family rating with stable outlook - Moody's

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service has assigned a 'B2' corporate family rating with a stable outlook to Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk, reflecting the company's market position as the fourth largest mobile cellular operator in Indonesia. [more, abcmoney]

UPDATE 1-SingTel keeps '08 outlook for single-digit sales growth

... SingTel, Singapore's biggest company by stock market value, has expanded into fast-growing mobile phone markets outside its saturated home base -- such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and India -- and last month announced the purchase of a 30 percent stake in Warid Telecom, Pakistan's third-largest mobile operator, for $758 million. [more, reuters]

Govt told to improve telcom service

House of Representatives Commission I overseeing information, defense and foreign affairs told the government Wednesday to provide a cheap telecommunication service to the public by revising industry regulations. The commission said it would stay away from the buy-back controversy on foreign ownership in PT Indosat and PT Telkomsel. [more, thejakartapost]

Indonesian parliament tells government not to buy back Indosat shares - report

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - The Lower House of Parliament (DPR) has told the government not to buy back shares in PT Indonesian Satellite Corp (Indosat), the country's second-largest telephone operator, now held by Singapore Technologies Telemedia, Bisnis Indonesia reported Thursday. [more, forbes]

Excelcom targets 30% revenue growth

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s third-largest mobile phone operator, PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk, hopes to achieve around 30 percent revenue growth in 2007, but may miss a target of 4.5 million new users, its president said on Tuesday. [more, dailytimes]

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Indonesia's Indosat end-June mobile users up 20 pct

JAKARTA, July 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia's second-largest telecommunications firm, PT Indosat Tbk (ISAT.JK: Quote, Profile, Research), had 20 million mobile phone users by the end of June, up from 16.7 million at the end of 2006, its president director said on Wednesday. [more, reuters.co.uk]

Monday, July 16, 2007

The Compound Annual Growth Rate of Wireless Communication Equipment Markets

The Asian telecom market is of large scale and great investment potential. The good foundation of customers will be an impetus to the recovery of the telecommunication industry. Four markets are developing fastest in Asia. They are China, Indonesia, India and Vietnam. [more, tmcnet.com]

Bakrie Telecom subscribers up 112 percent

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Bakrie Telecom Tbk (BTEL) disclosed that the number of its subscribers until the first semester of 2007 reached 2.245 million, up by 112 percent compared to the 1.061 million in last year`s same period. [more, antaranews]

Motorola looks to connect with RI's largely untapped mobile phone market

... For the business sector we now have MOTOQ, which is available in both CDMA and GSM. Our business proposition for two versions of the MOTOQ is the very slimness.
... One of the most unique things we see here that we have not seen anywhere else is a lot of Indonesians carry two phones -- CDMA and GSM phones. People make calls in CDMA and receive calls in GSM. [more, thejakartapost}

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Roaming deal push vowed

... Last month Saudi Telecom agreed to buy 25pc of Malaysia's Maxis in a $3 billion deal to gain access to Indonesia and India, and complete southeast Asia's biggest buyout. [more, gulf-daily-news.com]

Foreign Telecoms Reach Out

... Governments in Europe and Asia began privatizing former state-owned phone companies in the late 1990s. But privatization lags in many developing countries, especially in central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. India's big telecom market has also been slow to liberalize. Some countries, including China and Indonesia, still limit foreign investment. When governments finally do open up markets, large foreign telecom firms rush to cash in. [more, money.cnn.com]

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Jakarta shares up sharply in early trade on Wall St rise, main index at new high

... Telkom rose 450 rupiah, or 4.1 percent, to 11,350 while rival Indosat added 200, or 2.7 percent, to 7,650. [more, forbes]

Telkomsel's service

... It was the second time I was disappointed by Telkomsel. Several months ago, when I wanted to activate the "Pelindung Dataku" service, I had to call the Call Center. I had to wait for some 10 minutes. [more, thejakartapost]

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Indonesia Telkom Adds 8.2 Million New Mobile Phone Subscribers In 1st Half

JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- Indonesia's largest telecommunications operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia added 8.2 million new mobile telephone subscribers during the first half of the year, a company official said Wednesday. The new subscribers brought its total mobile phone customers to 47.3 million as of end-June, from 39.1 million as of end-2006, said Telkom Finance Director Sudiro Asno. [more, cellular-news.com]

Indonesia's Telkom sees improved Q2 earnings due to higher subscriber base

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesia's largest telephone operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) said Wednesday it expects to report stronger earnings in the second quarter to June compared to the previous quarter due to the higher subscriber base for its cellular and fixed wireless telephone services. [more, forbes.com]

CDMA2000 Continues to Dominate 3G Wireless Market in Asia Pacific

BEIJING, July 10, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The CDMA Development Group (CDG) today announced that CDMA2000(r) continues to dominate the Asia Pacific 3G wireless telecommunications market with more than 161 million 3G subscribers in the region, representing a 30% CAGR. 62 CDMA2000 operators in 29 countries are offering commercial 3G services, and 50% of the Asia Pacific operators will be offering EV-DO broadband data services to more than 39 million subscribers by the end of the year. [more, primenewswire.com]

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Thales Alenia to deploy Indosat’s Palapa-D orbiter

Indonesian communications company Indosat has selected Thales Alenia Space to build and launch its broadband internet satellite Palapa-D. According to local press reports the satellite will be launched in 2009 and will be the first ‘D’ series satellite to be launched by the telco.[more, telegeography.com]

PT Indosat Accelerates Higher In Late-Morning Action [IIT]

7/9/2007 11:56:29 AM PT Indosat (IIT) surged higher during late-morning trading Monday. The stock traded with uncertainty during the first 45 minutes of the session before briefly moving lower. At 10:30 am ET, shares of the company accelerated higher. At 11:52 am, the stock traded at a mark of $39.81, a gain of $1.84 for the day. PT Indosat was testing a resistance level set in late-May. [rttnews.com]

Indonesia blacklists FDI

... The foreign-investment restrictions are by far the most maintained by any regional government and ironically come at a time when foreign direct investment (FDI) to Indonesia trails regional rivals - not to mention China.
According to Trade Minister Mari Pangestu, the ruling, which represents the first major revision in more than seven years, is designed to protect "national interests". As with the previous list, the provisions appear to apply only to FDI, and not to purchases of shares of companies listed on the local stock exchange. The new list will be in force for three years unless revised earlier by a government team tasked with regularly assessing the list. Business fields not covered by the decrees are open to investment unless otherwise closed by law. [more, atimes.com]

Indonesia-Singapore relations: Strained again?

... On the investments of Temasek, the investing arm of Singapore's government, in Indonesia's telecommunications sector, especially Indosat, Indonesians have to be reminded that when we needed the funds, there were not many buyers, and Singapore bought the Indosat shares at a premium price. Thus, if we intend to buy back the shares, it should be done at the prevailing market prices. That is the way to conduct business and there are no short-cuts. [more, thejakartapost]

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Telekom Malaysia sees Indonesian investment unchanged from Jakarta's new ruling

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Financial) - Malaysia's largest telecommunications provider Telekom Malaysia does not expect the new ruling in Indonesia governing foreign ownership in telecom companies to affect its shareholding in PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk.
Telekom currently holds a 67 percent stake in Excelcomindo. [more, forbes]

Negative list

... It's true these sectors -- telecommunications and insurance -- became more restrictive, with foreign ownership in telecommunication companies (telcos) now restricted to 65 percent for mobile services and 49 percent for fixed network, with the insurance industry at 80 percent.
In reality, foreign ownership in a number of telcos is way above 65 percent, including in Excelcomindo Pratama (70 percent), Hutchinson CP Telecom Indonesia (100 percent) and Natrindo (90 percent). [more, thejakartapost]

Bakrie Extends Prepaid Rating and Charging System

... The Indonesian telecom service provider will build upon Redknee's existing converged real-time rating and charging solution for voice, data, messaging and content services. [more, tmcnet.com]

Friday, July 6, 2007

Indonesian government caps new FDI in telecoms sector

The government of Indonesia has adopted legislation to cap new foreign investment in the country’s telecoms market, the trade minister said on Wednesday. The move, which is designed to protect national interests, comes amid rising concerns from some Indonesian politicians over the growing influence of foreign businesses in what is currently Southeast Asia’s leading economy. [more, telegeography.com]

05-07-2007: Maxis, TM may be spared from cutting stake in Indonesian units

Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) and Maxis Communications Bhd may have escaped having to cut their respective stakes in their Indonesian investments.
Indonesia announced yesterday a cap on new foreign investment in parts of the transport, property and fast-growth telecoms sectors in the name of protecting national interests. [more, theedgedaily.com]

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Indonesia caps new diversified foreign investment

JAKARTA: Indonesia has capped new foreign investment in sectors such as transport, property and fast-growth telecoms, the trade minister said on Wednesday, citing a need to protect the national interest.The new ruling, effective from Tuesday, comes amid concerns raised by some politicians over the growing influence of foreign business in Southeast Asia’s top economy after a series of state asset sales since the Asia crisis a decade ago. [more, thenews]

Indonesia Restricts Telecom Ownership

... Foreign ownership of cellular companies will be limited to 65 percent and to 49 percent of fixed line operators, Pangestu told a news conference. The new rules apply mainly to telecommunications companies that would be formed in the future, she said. [more, forbes]

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Indonesia cuts foreign ownership limit in cellphone cos to 65 pct - UPDATE 2

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - The Indonesian government has issued a new presidential instruction that limits foreign ownership in cellular phone companies to a maximum of 65 percent from 95 percent previously, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu told reporters Wednesday at a media briefing. [more, forbes]

3G Subscribers in the Asia-Pacific Region

... In India, CDMA's days are numbered if Reliance follows through its plan to eventually migrate its base to GSM technology. In China, growth in Unicom's CDMA base has consistently underperformed that in its GSM base for the last seven quarters. All this will make life increasingly harder for the pure CDMA operators who remain committed to the technology, particularly for the smaller operators in markets like Indonesia and Vietnam. [more, cellular-news]

Redknee to Enable Data Rating and Charging for Bakrie Telecom

TORONTO - July 03, 2007 - Redknee (AIM: RKN), a leading provider of innovative infrastructure software that monetizes and personalizes services and content for mobile operators, today announced that Bakrie Telecom (BTEL), a leading Indonesian telecom service provider, is extending its Redknee prepaid Unified Rating and Charging System (URCS) to include postpaid subscribers. Bakrie Telecom will build upon Redknee's existing converged real-time rating and charging solution for voice, data, messaging and content services. [more, searchbyheadlines.com]

Indonesia's Indosat awards Thales Alenia to build, launch Palapa-D satellite

JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesia's PT Indosat said Tuesday it has appointed Thales Alenia Space France (TASF) to build and launch its Palapa-D satellite.
The satellite is set to be launched in 2009 and has a service life of 15 years. [more, forbes]

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Jakarta peaks, Bangkok firm on rate cut hopes

... Indonesia’s main stock index rose 1.33 percent to a record 2,167.82 points, beating a previous peak of 2,167.451 points on June 26. Thailand’s SET index added 2.05 percent to 792.71 points, its highest since mid-January 2004.
... Bank Rakyat Indonesia rose 3.5 percent, Telkom Indonesia added 0.5 percent and Indosat gained 3.9 percent. [more, khaleejtimes]

Monday, July 2, 2007

Mobile-8 seeks greater market share, expands network coverage

Cellular operator PT Mobile-8 Telecom has gone nationwide to take on its competitors in Indonesia's growing mobile phone market, rolling out its "Fren" brand service outside Java in Medan, Makassar and Denpasar. The company expects the expansion of its CDMA-based network coverage to the capital cities of North Sumatra, South Sulawesi and Bali will contribute up to one million of four million new subscribers it is aiming to sign up this year, the company's head of corporate affairs, Merza Fachys, said at the opening of the company's new office in Medan on Saturday. [more, thejakartapost]

Huawei leads in CDMA technology equipment

... Due to the deployment of CDMA2000 in Indonesia at the beginning of the new millennium, Huawei has begun opening offices in the country. Huawei's Indonesia operation -- PT Huawei Tech Investment -- was established in Jakarta on Jan. 27, 2004, and currently has over 400 employees, of whom 80 percent are local. [more, thejakartapost]

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Indosat to launch new satellite in 2009

Publicly listed telecommunications firm PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation Tbk (Indosat) is set to launch its second satellite in the third quarter of 2009 to replace its first one, which will be switched off in 2011. [more, thejakartapost]

Telkom bows to govt demand on dividends

... Telkom, which recorded Rp 11 trillion (US$1.21 billion) in net profit last year, will pay out a total dividend of Rp 6.05 trillion, or Rp 303.2 per share. This includes an interim dividend of Rp 970 billion, or Rp 48.45 per share, which was paid to shareholders in December. The final dividend of Rp 5.08 trillion, or Rp 254.75 per share, will be paid early in August. [more, thejakartapost]

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Thales Alenia Space To Build Indonesian Satellite

PT Indosat Tbk awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space to build and launch the Palapa-D communications satellite, Thales announced... [more, satellitetoday]

Telkom`s 2006 income from cell phones Rp 20.6 trillion

... "The achievement is particularly caused by an increase in the company`s air time earnings and from features respectively by 41 percent and 110 percent, as the result of a very significant increase in the number of the company`s customers," Telkom`s pesident Rinaldi Firmansyah said after the company`s annual shareholders general meeting in Jakarta on Friday. [more, antaranews]

SingTel Faces Probe By Indonesia Competition Commission

SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Singapore Telecommunications will be scrutinized by Indonesia's business competition regulator over allegations of monopolistic practices in the Muslim nation's telecommunications industry, the company said Friday. SingTel said in a statement that it and its Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte. Ltd. unit have been called before the Commission for Supervision of Business Competition, but didn't give a date for the hearing. [more, cellular-news]

Friday, June 29, 2007

SingTel Wins Battle for Stake in Warid

SINGAPORE -- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. emerged as the winner in a three-way battle to get a 30% stake in Pakistan's Warid Telecom.
SingTel said Thursday it will pay US$758 million to acquire the stake from Warid's parent company, Abu Dhabi Group.[more, online.wsj]

Indonesia Telkom mulls acquisition to boost market cap

JAKARTA, June 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia's largest telecommunications firm, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLKM.JK: Quote, Profile, Research) (TLK.N: Quote, Profile, Research), is reviewing the possibility of an acquisition to meet a government target to boost the firm's market capitalisation to $30 billion by 2010. [more, reuters]

ST Telemedia not to sell its stake in Indosat

... "We made it clear that our stake in Indosat is a long-term investment. We have a commitment to see our investment grow, so that we are equally committed to see Indosat grow. Therefore we have no reason to sell the shares," STT Senior Vice President for Strategic Relations and Corporate Communications Kuan Kwee Jee told the press here on Thursday. [more, antarnews]

INDONESIA: Indonesia's investment chief reassures Temasek

... Temasek Holdings need not fret about current complaints against it by some Indonesians for alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the country's cellphone sector.
That was the "personal guarantee" given by Indonesia's pro-business poster boy, Mr Muhammad Lutfi, in an interview with The Straits Times in Singapore late on Tuesday. [more, asiamedia]

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Jakarta shares end morning lower on further Wall St. fall, weak rupiah

... Index heavyweight Telkom fell 50 rupiah, or 0.51 pct, to 9,700, while rival Indosat lost 100, or 1.48 pct, to 6,650. [more, antaranews]

Bakrie Telecom to raise $145m syndicated loan for expansion

... This year, Bakrie Telecom will expand its network to 17 big cities around the country, including Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Medan and Padang. At present, the CDMA operator only serves Jakarta, and West Java and Banten provinces. [more, thejakartapost]

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

House to probe satellite fiasco

The House of Representatives has established a working committee to investigate the government's failure to extend the operational license for an Indonesian satellite and examine the unregulated issuance of frequency permits for radio and TV stations. [more, thejakartapost]

Bakrie Telecom secures U$145 M syndicated loan

... PT Bakrie Telecom would use the loan to settle its debts amounting to Rp450 billion and to finance investment expenditure in 2007, the company`s president director, Anindya Bakrie, said in a press statement. [more, antaranews]

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Fair process pledge given in probe into top two telcos

TEMASEK Holdings can be assured of a "fair process" in the ongoing investigations into its practices in Indonesia, and should the issue be put to international arbitration, its government would uphold the result. [more, todayonline.com]

Pefindo gives A-rating to Bakrie Telecom bonds

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian stock rating company (Pefindo) issued an A-rating with a steady projection to the bonds worth Rp 500 billion PT Bakrie Telecom Tbk (BTEL) planned to issue in the third quarter of 2007. A press release BTEL has issued in Jakarta on Monday afternnon said that a rating is set on the basis of a positive evaluation with reference to the performance of BTEL, model business, budget, and the company`s potential growth as national-scale operator. [more, antaranews]

Monday, June 25, 2007

Telkomsel & Indosat News from Detikinet

Rinaldi Firmansyah Komisaris Utama Telkomsel
... Rinaldi Firmansyah yang kini menjabat Direktur Utama Telkom, juga merangkap sebagai Komisaris Utama menggantikan Mochamad Hasjim Thojib.
Transaksi Derivatif, Freetalk dan Proses Pengadaan
... Jakarta, PT Indosat Tbk menyampaikan penjelasan resmi ke Bursa Efek Jakarta dan Bursa Efek Surabaya sehubungan adanya informasi tentang pelaporan ke Kepolisian terkait transaksi derivatif, pajak freetalk dan proses pengadaan di Indosat.
Telkomsel Proyeksikan 18 juta Pelanggan 3G di 2010
... Singapura, Telkomsel memproyeksikan pelanggan 3G-nya mencapai 18 juta atau sekitar 30% dari total 60 juta pelanggannya di 2010.

Competition brings best out of S'pore's telecom sector: IDA

... Five years after STT, through Asia Mobile Holding, legally bought a 41.9 percent stake in Indosat from the Indonesian government, monopoly watchdog the KPPU is launching an investigation into possible violations of the 1999 Antimonoply Law for its cross-ownership at Indonesia's two large mobile phone operators. [more, thejakartapost]

NTT-Maxis on hold till September

... Sooriyarachchi, who handled PERC explained that there were around five or six interested parties for the purchase of the SLT shares from Singapore (Singtel), Australia, Dubai Tel, Indonesia's Telkomsel and John Keells Holdings. However, he maintains the offer from Maxis had been unsolicited. [more, sundaytimes.lk]

Saturday, June 23, 2007

NSN Sarankan Telepon Umum Pakai 3G

Jakarta, Telepon umum pakai sambungan kabel mungkin sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan kondisi saat ini. Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) pun lebih menyarankan nirkabel. Namun bukan sembarang nirkabel, tapi 3G. [more, detikinet]

Singapore's ST Telemedia denies wrongdoing in Indosat investment

SINGAPORE: Singapore Technologies Telemedia, which is wholly owned by the city-state's state investment arm, Friday denied any wrongdoing in its investment in Indonesia's second-largest cellular company, PT Indonesia Satellite Corp., or Indosat. [more, iht.com]

Post offices to provide access to digital world

Indonesian communities will soon be acquainted with new government-initiated Internet kiosks at local post offices featuring at least four desktop computer stations, a scanner, a printer and a digital camera. [more, thejakartapost]

Thursday, June 21, 2007

News About Telepon Umum Flexi & XL Trouble, from Detikinet

Telepon Umum Flexi akan Hadir 17 Agustus
Gangguan XL Tak Merata di 4 Kota

Yahoo Seals Partnerships With Six Telcos In Asia

SINGAPORE, June 20 (Bernama) - Yahoo Inc expects to tap more than 100 million mobile internet users in Asia for its mobile search venture through partnerships with six telecommunication companies in the region, including Maxis Communications Bhd.
...Besides Maxis, the other partners are Globe Telecom Inc (the Philippines), Idea Cellular Ltd (India), LG Telecom (South Korea), PT Telekomunikasi Selular "Telkomsel" (Indonesia) and Taiwan Mobile. [more, bernama]

Anti-Indosat crusaders turn to police

... Indosat is currently under investigation by the tax office for a continuing decline in its tax payments, and also by the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) over monopoly allegations. [more, thejakartapost]

CDMA fast becoming GSM challenger; Which will prevail?

... Indonesia is one of the world's fastest growing wireless markets. As only 34 out of 100 people use cellular phones in Indonesia, still relatively low, the number of wireless subscribers looks set to grow significantly over the next few years. Meanwhile, the competition in securing slices of this growing domestic wireless market has intensified as between GSM and CDMA service providers. [more, thejakartapost]

IndosatM2 (IM2) Launches New Ku-Band Satellite Broadband Built On iDirect Platform

SINGAPORE, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- IndosatM2 (IM2), one of the largestInternet and multimedia service providers in Indonesia, announced todaythat it will offer satellite broadband service over Ku-Band using auniversal satellite hub from iDirect Technologies. [more, prnewswire.com]

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

SEVEN and UFIDA Partner to Bring Mobile Email to Enterprise Customers

... SEVEN, the global leader in white label push email software, and UFIDA, the largest independent software provider in China, will offer Umail through UFIDA’s network of 110 channel partners.
... SEVEN is available today for all major international network standards, and chosen by a million users and over 100 leading mobile operators worldwide, including ... Hutchison, ...Telkom Indonesia ... [more, businesswire.com]

11 Operator Bersatu Pangkas Duplikasi Biaya

Telkomsel merupakan salah satu dari 11 operator yang tergabung dalam aliansi operator seluler di Asia Pasifik Bridge Mobile Alliance (BMA). Selain Telkomsel, operator lain yang tergabung di dalamnya ialah Airtel (India), AIS (Thailand), CSL (Hong Kong), CTM (Macau), Globe Telecom (Philippines), Maxis (Malaysia), SingTel Mobile (Singapore), SingTel Optus (Australia), SK Telecom (Korea), dan Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan). [more, detikinet]

Telkom eyeing telecommunications business overseas

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President of state telecommunications company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Rinaldi Firmansyah said the publicly-listed company by way of its subsidiary, Telkom Internasional, plans to develop international cooperation in the telecommunications business."We have become interested in penetrating the global market, but without neglecting the domestic market as it is still highly potential," Rinaldi Firmansyah said in a written statement from Singapore on Tuesday. [more, antaranews]

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Tango Telecom iAX Anti-Spam deployed by leading Indonesian operator, Indosat

... Speaking today at CommunicAsia 2007 in Singapore, Richard Choi, VP of Sales and Marketing at Tango Telecom explained that iAX Anti-Spam gives Indosat important benefits including network, revenue and brand protection and a reduction in subscriber dissatisfaction and churn caused by unsolicited text messages on their mobile devices. [more, irishdev.com]

Press freedom is safe: Govt

... Citing Singapore's Temasek Holdings' stake in Indosat, Jeffrey said the government must decide whether to renegotiate Temasek's ownership -- through its subsidiary Singapore Technologies Telemedia -- of Indosat, repurchase its share or nationalize it over reports that Temasek's monopoly of Indonesia's telecom industry has caused huge losses to the state. [more, TheJakartaPost]

iDirect Expands Satellite Business in Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- iDirect Technologies (iDirect), a global provider of satellite-based broadband communications solutions and the US satellite communications arm of Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited, today announced it has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region by signing three new contracts for its multi-protocol, bandwidth efficient satellite hub.
...IndosatM2 (IM2), the largest Internet Service Provider in Indonesia, has adopted iDirect's satellite platform to offer broadband service over Ku Band. [more, earthtimes.org]

99% Warga Nikmati Akses Internet Broadband

...Howard mengatakan Optus -- perusahaan telekomunikasi kedua terbesar di Australia yang juga cabang dari Singtel -- beruntung mendapatkan kontrak senilai 958 juta dolar Australia untuk membangun jaringan broadband di kawasan pedesaan Australia, bersama dengan perusahaan finansial Elders. [more, detikinet]

Hutchison Bets on Telecom Growth

HONG KONG -- Conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. said Friday it has raised its ownership of Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. to just over 50%, to better capture growth opportunities in the telecom firm's existing markets. [more, online.wsj.com]

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Telkomsel Raih 40.000 Pelanggan 3G di Kalsel

Banjarmasin, Setelah menunggu sembilan bulan lamanya, sekitar 910.000 pelanggan Telkomsel di Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan, akhirnya berkesempatan untuk merasakan ingar-bingar layanan seluler generasi ketiga (3G). [more, detikinet]

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Telkom Flexi, Satellite, & USO News from Detikinet

Telkom Buka Registrasi Kompensasi Flexi
USO Disarankan Pakai Akses Pita Lebar Satelit
Perangkat Flexi Diganti, Telkom Seleksi Vendor

Trikomsel & Carrefour Launches Carrefour Isi Pulsa

(openPR) - Jakarta, 14 June 2007 –PT Trikomsel Multimedia ( Trikomsel ), one of major players in telecommunication market celebrates its five years partnership with PT Carrefour Indonesia ( Carrefour ), a fast growing modern retail with branches spread in strategic locations all over Indonesia. [more, openpr.com]

Friday, June 15, 2007

News About Satellite from Detikinet

RI Desak Malaysia Beri Izin Jasa Satelit ke Rumah
...layaknya layanan televisi berbayar Astro yang diperbolehkan menayangkan langsung siarannya lewat satelit Measat dari Malaysia.
Frekuensi 3,5 GHz Hanya untuk Satelit
...frekuensi 3,5 GHz yang sudah ditempati untuk layanan satelit, tidak akan digunakan untuk layanan akses pita lebar atau broadband wireless access (BWA).
Satelit Sumbang 20% Penetrasi Internet
Postel Bantah Tak Transparan Soal Satelit

Indosat reports strong rise in revenues, profits in Q1

Indonesian telecoms operator Indosat has reported a strong rise in revenue and profits in the three months ended 31 March 2007. Revenues in the period climbed by 30.2% year-on-year from IDR2.89 trillion to IDR3.78 trillion, while operating income rose 22.8% to IDR1.04 trillion and net income reached IDR483.9 billion, up 26% y-o-y. [more, telegeography.com]

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Lagi, Postel Cabut Izin ISP

..."Kedua ISP itu adalah PT Media Lintas Antar Buana dan PT Visionindo Network Perdana,"...
...Postel juga telah mencabut lisensi Network Access Point (NAP) atau izin penyelenggaraan jasa interkoneksi internet milik PT Napsindo Primatel Internasional yang merupakan anak perusahaan dari PT Telkom Tbk. [more, detikinet]

Broadband spreads across globe

...In fact, Indonesia scored the highest growth across the world in the first quarter - at almost 28%, but from a very low base. Greece, meanwhile was second with growth of over 26% due to the rather late introduction of broadband by incumbent operator OTE. [more, business.guardian]

Satellite, Telkom, & Telkomsel News from Detikinet, June 14th

Asia Miliki 25% Pangsa Pasar Peluncuran Satelit
Telkom Vision Targetkan 1 Juta Pelanggan
Telkomsel Niat Gelar Layanan FWA Murah
Telkom dan Telkomsel Sinergikan Jaringan
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