I was in the town of Timika in Papua when I met high rank officials from Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest mobile operator, sometimes in 2007. I gave a short speech before them and other guests, and shared my stories when I was traveling overseas. I told them that mobile operators from our neighboring countries had started [...]

While the telecom services “growth market” focus has been on the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) nations in recent years, a new Pyramid Research report suggests the industry should be paying closer attention to Indonesia too. The report, “Indonesia: Rising Competition to Spur Telecom Revenue Growth,” reveals that there’s a marked under-penetration of most telecom services [...]

PT Telkom Indonesia Int’l (TII) increases international bandwith by joining the sea cable development  connecting Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Hongkong, Japan, and then linked to the US and Latin America. The cooperation agreement was agreed in Honolulu, United States. TII addition, some operators join the world in such SJC Reliance Globalcom (via FLAG Pacific Limited Bermuda), Globe Telecom [...]

Are you Indonesian? Do you have a mobile phone? Do you use it for SMS or calling? Well, as for myself, I prefer calling, short-time, than SMS. It saves my energy to type. In 2008, despite the huge financial blow, Indonesian communication industry remained ”untouchable”. Indonesians spent nearly 30 billion minutes of talking on mobile phone, [...]