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]

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]

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]

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]