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]