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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

Bakrie Telecom doubles revenues in Q1

[more, telecom.paper (subscription)]

NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS: The SDP Alliance selects Nokia Siemens Networks as its preferred global system integrator

...John Shen, Chief Technology Officer of Hutchison Telecom Indonesia, said:
“The key benefits to us have been fast time to market, high quality
services and reduced stress on our internal management resources. We
chose Nokia Siemens Networks because it clearly showed the right
combination of experience and competence in this business-critical area.” [more, kauppalehti.fi]

Indonesia`s Telkom aiming for 20 pct rise in income

Jakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom (JSX:TLKM) is aiming to chalk up a 20 per cent increase in income in the first half of this year from Rp23.99 trillion (US$2.6 billion) in the same period last year.

The prediction is based on the improvement in its performance recorded in the first quarter of this year. The country's largest telecommunication company posted Rp14.5 trillion in income in the first quarter of this year, up from Rp11.81 trillion in the same period last year. [more, antaranews]

Mobile-8 merges subsidiaries to boost efficiency

The country's fourth largest CDMA-based cellular operator, Mobile-8 Telecom, has completed the merger of three of its subsidiaries, PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia (Komselindo), PT Metro Selular Nusantara (Metrosel) and PT Telekomindo Selular Raya (Telesera), to reduce operating costs. [more, thejakartapost]

Indonesian Ambassador on Uzbek-Indonesian Relations

The existence of Indonesian investment in Uzbekistan will strengthen the cooperation between the two countries that in turn it could increase cooperation in others fields. In the field of telecommunication, the rapid development of telecommunication technology, especially in Indonesia, could transfer to Uzbekistan through UZI company which Bakrie Brothers has a significant role in the company. Bakrie Brother is one of the main players of telecommunication business in Indonesia nowadays. [more, huliq.com]

Alcatel-Lucent to build 10 gigabit IP/Ethernet network for Telekom Malaysia

Over 160 service providers in more than 60 countries around the world have selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP portfolio as key elements for their IP transformation, including massive, multi-year projects at AT&T, BT and Telstra. In the past months, Alcatel-Lucent has announced new service provider IP transformation deployments at Cable & Wireless, China Mobile, CTM-Macau, Hawaiian Telecom, Indosat, SaskTel, Telefónica Latin America, Telecom Malagasy and Vodafone. [more, webwire.com]

Timbal Balik Satelit RI-Malaysia Dinilai Tidak Transparan

Jakarta, Asosiasi Satelit Indonesia (Assi) menilai pemberian izin hak labuh satelit (landing right) kepada sepuluh negara, khususnya Malaysia, tidak transparan. [more, detikinet]

Merger Tiga Anak Usaha Mobile-8 Efektif

Jakarta, Perusahaan telekomunikasi PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk (Mobile-8), yang dikenal dengan merek dagang Fren, resmi menggabungkan tiga anak usahanya yakni PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia (Komselindo), PT Metro Selular Nusantara (Metrosel) dan PT Telekomindo Selular Raya (Telesera) ke dalam Mobile-8. [more, detikinet]

RI Izinkan Masuk Satelit 10 Negara

Jakarta, Pemerintah memberikan izin hak labuh satelit (landing right) kepada sepuluh negara yakni Cina, Amerika Serikat, Tonga, Jepang, Thailand, Belanda, Singapura, Jerman, Hongkong, dan Malaysia. [more, detikinet]

3Com introduces first 'open services' product

...Chai claims that 3Com's business in China is as large as Cisco's. His mission is to replicate the same level of success outside China, and that should naturally include Indonesia.
...In Indonesia, 3Com offers chiefly networking products, as these are in demand among the growing number of local SMBs. It has also introduced low- and mid-range network security products to meet the needs of Indonesian SMB customers. [more, thejakartapost]

Indosat Pasok Jasa Telekomunikasi Global TV

Jakarta, PT Indosat Tbk menjalin kerjasama strategis dengan PT Global Informasi Bermutu (Global TV) dengan memasok kebutuhan jaringan, telekomunikasi dan infrastruktur melalui satelit Palapa C2 selama tiga tahun. [more, detikinet]

Companies 'to spend more on the next wave of technology'

...Successful companies of the future will combine gadgets such as BlackBerry phones, home broadband and increasingly common microchips into a seamless whole.

...Robin Dargue, Diageo's chief information officer and business process director, will be one of the key speakers at the conference along with Arman Hazairin, the vice-president of IT at Telkomsel, Indonesia's biggest mobile phone firm.

Hazairin is expected to discuss Telkomsel's customer service systems, developed by the Renfrewshire software developer Graham Technology.[more, business.scotsman.com]

Pelanggan Prabayar XL Bebas 5 Juta

Jakarta, PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) mengungkapkan dari total pelanggannya yang mencapai 10,1 juta pada kuartal pertama 2007, hampir 50 persennya merupakan pelanggan kartu prabayar Bebas.

Meski tidak disebutkan jumlah peningkatannya dari periode yang sama di tahun sebelumnya, namun Direktur Marketing XL, Nicanor V. Santiago, mengatakan salah satu pemicu peningkatan jumlah pelanggan Bebas ialah program promosi satu tarif. [more, detikinet]

Hutchison happy with RI cellular market debut despite tight local competition

Hutchison Charoen Pokphand Telecom (HCPT) Indonesia, the latest entrant to Indonesia's crowded mobile telephony market is happy with the market response to its debut despite tough competition from established mobile operators, a company executive says.

"Despite the fact that we're a new player in the industry here, our growth is just as good as we expected, and we're happy with that," HCPT Indonesia chief marketing officer Suresh Reddy said Friday. [more, thejakartapost]

Diduga Melanggar UU Anti Monopoli, 3 Cuek

Jakarta, Hutchison CP Telecommunication Indonesia (HCPT) tidak mengindahkan penyelidikan Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia (BRTI). Mereka bersikeras tetap menjalankan tarif SMS Rp 0 sesama pelanggan. Bahkan hal sebaliknya, anggapan layanan tersebut melanggar UU anti monopoli dianggap ngawur. [more, detikinet]

XL Kena Peringatan Soal Gangguan Jaringan

Jakarta, Operator seluler PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) kena peringatan dari Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia (BRTI) terkait gangguan jaringan yang dialami perangkat software dan hardware Mobile Switching Center (MSC) miliknya pada Kamis (17/5/2007) dan Jumat (18/5/2007) lalu. [more, detikinet]

Mobile phone subscribers could reach 122m by 2010

Indonesia's mobile telecommunications sector has a bright future with a sustained increase in the demand on the back of the current low market penetration, industry executives say.

Hasnul Suhaimi, president director of Excelcomindo Pratama, said the mobile telecommunications penetration rate, which currently stood at between 32 and 35 percent, with a total of 75 million subscribers, was still relatively low. [more, thejakartapost]

Is competition absent in RI telecom industry?

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has said it found preliminary indications of the abuse of market dominance by PT Indosat in collusion with PT Telkomsel in Indonesia's cellular service market. [more, thejakartapost]

Huawei Layani 50 Juta Pelanggan DSL

Jakarta, Penyedia solusi jaringan telekomunikasi Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. mengklaim produk dan solusi akses pita lebarnya telah melayani 50 juta dari 200 juta pelanggan DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) di seluruh dunia. [more, detikinet]

Pertumbuhan Fantastis, Peluang Terbuka Lebar

... Disebutkan, pelanggan seluler dengan CAGR 26,7% akan bertambah menjadi 122,1 juta pada 2010. Hingga akhir 2007 saja pelanggan diproyeksi mencapai 78,5 juta dari 66,5 juta tahun sebelumnya. Sementara pelanggan telepon tetap baik kabel maupun nirkabel akan bertambah menjadi 31,2 juta pada 2010 dengan CAGR 20,1%. Hingga akhir 2007 pelanggan diproyeksi mencapai 16,2 juta dari 14 juta tahun sebelumnya. [more, detikinet]

iPSTAR adds clients in Korea and Japan

...In the third quarter, Shin Satellite plans deals in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan. Satellite broadband services in Korea and Japan will cover telecom and broadcasting, the executive said. [more, bangkokpost.com]

Temasek Denies Monopolistic Practices

Singapore's state-owned investment company, Temasek Holdings, denied Thursday it was involved in monopolistic practices in Indonesia's telecommunications industry. [more, forbes.com]

Temasek: No anti-trust practices in Indonesia

JAKARTA: The Singapore government's investment arm, Temasek Holdings, said yesterday that it was not involved in any anti-competitive business practices in Indonesia's mobile phone sector.

Temasek has major stakes in Indonesia's top mobile phone operators, PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) and PT Indosat Tbk, held via units. [more, btimes.com.my]

Temasek denies involvement in anti-competitive practices in Indonesia

SINGAPORE : Investment firm Temasek Holdings says it is not involved in any anti-competitive business practices in Indonesia's mobile phone sector.

This is according to a statement from its lawyer in Indonesia, Todung Mulya Lubis.

Indonesian anti-trust authorities are investigating Temasek after receiving a price-fixing complaint in December. [more, channelnewsasia.com]

TM unit plans fibre optic link in Indonesia

PT EXCELCOMINDO Pratama (XL), a unit of Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), plans to spend about RM116 million to lay a fibre optic network in Indonesia, a company spokesperson said.

... Besides XL, the other six companies in the consortium to develop the Palapa Ring are PT Power Utama Internusa, PT Nusantara Ekaprana Teknogunakelola, PT Infokom Elektrindo, PT Bakrie Telecom, PT Indosat, and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom). [more, btimes.com.my]

Indosat to acquire, launch new satellite

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Telecommunications company PT Indosat Tbk is planning to acquire and launch a new satellite to replace its Palapa-C2 satellite whose operational time will end in January 2011, a spokesman said.

"We will launch a new satellite. It is now in the process of being procured. We hope to make further decisions on it in the near future," Johnny Swandi Sjam, newly appointed PT Indosat president diector, said here Tuesday. [more, antaranews]

New Power Amplifier for CDMA450 3G Cell Phones

... China, Indonesia, Mexico and Russia are among the large markets that have allocated the 450 MHz frequency band to provide universal telephone and Internet access. Commercial service is already being provided to 12 million people by 67 operators in 36 countries. [more, 3g.co.uk]

Beating the odds, Johnny named Indosat president director

PT Indosat, the country's second largest telecommunications firm, has named Johnny Swandi Sjam as its president director, a position that has been vacant for a year. [more, thejakartapost.com]

PT Indosat says 69 percent of US dollar debt was hedged at end-March

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Telephone company PT Indosat had hedged 400 mln usd of debt, or about 69 pct of its debt denominated in US dollars, by the end of March, the company said. [more, antaranews]

Asian Nations Aim to Close Digital Divide

Foreign ministers and other ranking diplomats from 30 Asian nations, including China, Japan and Russia, Tuesday called for closing the widening information gap between the countries.
...The forum also includes Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. [more, koreatimes]

Lehmann Brothers bullish on WiMax for developing Asia, rural Australia

... We believe that WiMax and other wireless broadband technologies will be particularly successful in markets – such as India, Malaysia, China, the Philippines, and Indonesia – with low broadband penetration.” [more, commsday.com]

Taxation Director General to cross check Indosat`s tax

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Taxation Director General Darmin Nasution said his office will cross check the tax of PT Indosat in relation to the derivative transactions by the state telecommunications company. [more, antaranews]

Dirut Indosat Johnny Swandi Sjam

Jakarta, Pemerintah menepati janjinya menunjuk orang dalam menjadi direktur utama PT Indosat Tbk. Johnny Swandi Sjam menduduki kursi Dirut Indosat. [more, detikinet]

Vietnam steps up probe into undersea cable thefts

... In related news, firms from 10 countries including Vietnam, the US, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, are teaming up to lay a 20,000 km, $500 million AAG cable to connect Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, with the US. [more, thanhniennews]

Asia Mobile gets a slice of IPStar action

...Owned by Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Qatar Telecom, AMH currently holds stakes in StarHub in Singapore and Indosat in Indonesia. [more, telecomtv.com]

Indosat shares lower on report of derivatives losses

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Indosat was lower on profit-taking sparked by a report that the firm has incurred cumulative losses of 653 bln rupiah since 2004 as a result of derivative transactions, dealers said. [more, antaranews]

Kabel Fiber Optik Putus, Internet Jateng Mati

Semarang, Tiga titik kabel fiber optik PT Telkom di ruas Cirebon-Cikampek terputus. Akibatnya, jaringan komunikasi dan internet di sejumlah daerah di Jawa Tengah dan Jawa Barat terganggu. [more, detikinet.com]

Arwin Rasyid Punya Bekal Jadi Dirut Indosat

Jakarta, Nama Arwin Rasyid disebut-sebut sebagai salah satu calon kuat yang akan mengisi kursi direktur utama (Dirut) PT Indosat Tbk yang kosong sejak Mei 2006. Bekal pengalaman sebelumnya sebagai dirut PT Telkom menjadi nilai plus Arwin melenggang ke Indosat. [more, detikinet.com]

Hutchison Telecom ADSs' US Ex-Dividend Date

The Group currently offers mobile and fixed-line telecommunications services in Hong Kong, and operates mobile telecommunications services in Macau, Israel, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Vietnam and Indonesia. It was the first provider of 3G mobile services in Hong Kong and Israel and operates brands including "Hutch", "3" and "orange". [more, earthtimes.org]

Calon Dirut Indosat akan Ikut 'Ujian'

Jakarta, Kementerian BUMN akan menggelar uji kelayakan dan kepatutan alias fit and proper test bagi calon Direksi PT Indosat Tbk pada Senin (4/6/2007) malam. [more, detikinet.com]

Indosat Pinjam US$ 50 Juta untuk Genjot Seluler

Jakarta, PT Indosat Tbk mendapatkan pinjaman dana US$ 50 juta atau Rp 434,3 miliar. Suntikan dana itu akan digunakan untuk mendukung belanja modal perseroan supaya penggelaran layanan seluler rampung sesuai perencanaan. [more, detikinet.com]

CommunicAsia 2 Minggu Lagi

Jakarta, Sebagian dari Anda pasti cukup akrab dengan ajang eksibisi teknologi informasi (TI), komunikasi, multimedia dan penyiaran bertajuk CommunicAsia 2007 (www.communicasia.com) yang diselenggarakan di Singapore Expo. [more, detikinet.com]

FLAG Telecom forms alliance with global co

At present, the Flag network connects the US, Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean, Indian Sub-continent and Far East. Last year, the company had announced that it would invest Rs 7,000 crore to build four new undersea links — the first connecting India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei and Hong Kong while the second cable will cover African and Mauritius. [more, indiatimes.com]

Indonesia's CDMA subscribers surpassed 10 million

Over four years ago, CDMA2000 1x was still considered a new kid on the block in Indonesia's telecommunications market due to the high number of GSM subscribers at the time. Today, Indonesia has emerged as a new hotbed for CDMA2000 1x deployments due to the rising number of subscribers, high numbers of operators, and the market's positive response. [more, cnet.com]

Spice promoters may offload 20% stake

B K Modi and Telekom Malaysia, both promoters of Spice, will reduce their stake by 10 per cent each to 41 per cent and 39 per cent, respectively, sources close to the development said. [more, business-standard.com]

NTT sale to Maxis still not finalised

“Maxis will manage the company. There is no doubt about that though the buyer is a Netherlands registered investment vehicle - Global Telecommunications Holdings NV, a subsidiary of Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd which is controlled by Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia’s second richest man,” one source said. Krishnan also controls Maxis, Malaysia’s biggest mobile phone company and recently publicly sought to de-list the company from the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange and make it a private firm. [more, sundaytimes.lk]

News Corp reinstates in Aussie index

Singapore-based SingTel, the owner of Australia's second-largest telecommunications carrier Optus, will also be reinstated to the index under the changes, which take effect on June 15. [more, presstv.ir]

Bakrie Telecom to issue $55 million bonds

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Private telecommunications operator PT Bakrie Telecom plans to issue five-year bonds worth US$55 million in the third quarter of 2007 for capital expenditure. [more, antara news]

Telkomsel Incar 2000 Pelanggan HSDPA di Bandung

Bandung, PT Telkomsel menargetkan dua ribu pelanggan menggunakan layanan komunikasi data pita lebar kecepatan tinggi 3,2 mega bit per detik (Mbps) di Bandung melalui produk TelkomselFlash. [more, detikinet]

Telkomsel Kuasai Seluruh Kecamatan NTT

Jakarta, PT Telkomsel semakin memantapkan 'kerajaan' bisnisnya di Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) setelah berhasil menguasai seluruh Ibu Kota Kecamatan (IKC) di area tersebut dengan infrastruktur jaringan telekomunikasinya. [more, detikinet]

Malaysia's Maxis unveils mobile phone money transfer service to the Philippines

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Thousands of Filipino workers in Malaysia can now remit money to their families back home under a new mobile phone money transfer service unveiled by Malaysia's top mobile phone operator Maxis. [more, brandonsun.com]

Indonesia's Telkom says plans share buyback

JAKARTA, May 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia's largest telecommunication firm, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk , said on Thursday it plans to allocate up to 3.2 trillion rupiah ($362.2 million) to buy back a maximum of 1.58 percent of its shares. [more, Yahoo!]

Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Selects NEC's Mobile Internet Platform for i-mode Service in Hong Kong

(PressZoom) - Tokyo, May 30, 2007 -- NEC Corporation ( NEC ) has received orders for its Mobile Internet Platform ( "NEMIP" ) from Hutchison Telecommunications ( Hong Kong ) Limited ( HTHK ), which will commence i-mode™ services in Hong Kong on May 30, 2007. [more, presszoom.com]