Tower is the main core for local operator

The government plans to make new tower development as the major industry domestically when the regulation of the Minister for communication and information on the Guideline of Telecommunication Tower Use will be enacted, then the tower development will be automatically delegated to local human resources. Heru Sutadi the member of the Indonesia Telecommunication Regulation Body (BRTI) said when the Minister Regulation here will have automatic enactment then the development of new tower will involvle domestic human resources. “The tower development industry will become domestic core industry,” he said. Separately, XL president director Hasnul Suhaimi said to study further the draft of the Minister Regulation here. Marketing Director of PT Indosat Guntur S. Siboro said the company has yet to establish special unit for tower. (Bisnis Indonesia, pg T7)