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]

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]

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]

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]

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]