MURI record: President Director of PT Bakrie Telecom Anindya Bakrie (center) jointly with Vice President PT BTEL, Erick Mejer and Muhammad Buldyansah got pictured following the MURI award for Esia product with Rp1 per character tariff to all operator Thursday in Jakarta (15/5). (Republika, pg 15)
ESIA has set its SMS rate at Rp 1 per character. This innovative breakthrough is a strategic step and is highly customer-based. Erik Meijer, Deputy President Director of PT Bakrie Telecom, said that SMS rate per character is not part of a promotional program only. The program of SMS rate of Rp 1 per character will also apply to all operators all over Indonesia. Bakrie Telecom has set a target of seven million ESIA subscribers in 2008, up 184 percent over the total of 3.8 million subscribers recorded in 2007. To support the attain-ment of this target, Bakrie Telecom will build 1,000 BTS (base trans-receiver stations) in 2008, in which 80 percent of them are shared BTS units. ESIA and Bakrie Telecom are products whose effectiveness has been proven. Even in a number of major cities like Jakarta and several cities in Banten and West Java, ESIA is superior to other CDMA operators. One of its superior qualities is the fact that ESIA works at 800 MHz, a freguency believed by many experts to be the best frequency in CDMA. (The Jakarta Post, pg 25; Seputar Indonesia, pg 15; Ekonomi Neraca, pg 9; Koran Tempo, pg B8)
Read more...Telkomsel in cooperation with the Research In Motion (RIM) released the first prepaid BlackBerry lnternet Service (BIS) in Asia.To subscribe, just send SMS using the format BB (space)REG) then send it to 333. Then the customers can directly get BlackBerry pushmail service through BlackBerry Handheld or mobile phone with BlackBerry Connect application.VP Marketing and CRM Telkomsel Hendri Mulya Sjam to the press in Jakarta. Thursday (15/5) said the service allows the subscriber to access email up to 10 email accounts all at once. (Berita Kota, pg 9; Koran Tempo, pg B8; Ekonomi Neraca,pg 9)
Read more...Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said its fiscal fourth-quarter net profit grew 11% but sounded a cautious note on its outlook, citing global economic uncertainties. The company said its net profit for the three months ended March 31 was S$1.09 billion (US$795.3 million), up from SS989 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 11% to SS3.76 SingTel pretax earnings from its stakes in regional mobile operators rose 18% to SS630 million, driven by strong performances from Bharti and Indonesian operator PT Telkomsel, in which SingTel holds a 35% stake. (Asian Wall Street Journal, pg 15)
Read more...PT Telkomsel seriously targeted students by releasing school community program. “The subscribers of Kartu AS in East Java now has more than 1.9 million users we have community of Kartu AS users so-called Gen Asik with 115,000 members. The biggest contribution is from students with its 80 percent,” said General Manager Sales and Customer Service Telkomsel Tavadi Rismayuda to press in Surabaya Wednesday (14/5). With School Community, Kartu AS users can enjoy the Rp50 per SMS tariff and Rp8 per second talk time tariff. The program involves 450 senior high schools in area III (Java and Bali). “We are cooperating with 150 schools in East Java,” said Tayadi. (Investor daily, pg 24)
Read more...PT Bakrie Telecom Tbk expanded cellular network of Esia and Wifone in Kalimantan, especially in Balikpapan, Samarinda, and Tenggarong, Earlier, Bakrie Telecom has also opened network in Banjarmasin, Banjar Baru, and Martapura. Corporate Service Director of Bakrie Telecom Rakhmat Junaidi said about 80% of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) in Balikpapan and Samarinda used sharing towers. (Seputar Indonesia, pg 15, Investor Daily, pg 24, Neraca, pg 10)
Read more...PT Bakrie Telecom (BTEL) managed to rent BTS towers belonged to PT Smart Telecom, PT Hutchison, and PT Sampoerna Telecom. "Besides that we also rented from four other companies," said Vice Director on Network of BTEL, Danny M Buldansyah. The four companies are PT Excelcomindo Pratama, PT Indonesia Power, PT Protelindo, and PT Balicomm. (Harian Kontan, pg 5)
Read more...Ministry of Communication and Information said the sale of 3,692 towers of Hutchison Telecommunication International to PT Profesional Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Protelindo) violated the regulation. The sale was conducted on March 18, 2008, one day after the ministry issued the regulation banned the ownership of towers by foreign companies. Protelindo is majority owned by American businessman, J Michael Gearon. Hutchison refused to comment. GM Marketing Communication Hutchison Ariani Wahyu Widowati said the transaction was under the responsibility of Director of Interconnection Government and Regulatory of Hutchison Sidharta Sidik. (Media Indonesia, pg 13)
Read more...The number of cell phone users reached 100 million or equal with 43% of Indonesia population. The achievement surpassed the prediction as until last year, the users reached 85 million. There was an increase of 17% in the first four months in 2008. Among the 100 million users, 85% of the users are subscribers of three largest operators Telkomsel, Indosat, and Excelcomindo. The increase was triggered by the decline of GSM tariff which is closer to CDMA tariff. (Business Week, pg 10)
Read more...Temasek Holdings is upset noting the fact that the Singaporean investment company got difficulty to prepare its appeal to Supreme Court due to the absence of written court document Friday (9/5). This will block its efforts following the verdict of KPPU. It has been five years and Central Jakarta District Court has so far not yet given the copy of court document. Heru Purnomo, spokesperson of Central Jakarta District Court, said for not giving the copy of court document. Let alone, one of the judges undergo training outside so it will be difficult to sign the document copy. (Harian Kontan, pg 17)
Read more...It has been two months when many cellular subscribers complained about the difficulties for incoming call or outgoing call. Even if it worked, drop call might always happen underway. It event takes a day to send and receive SMS, despite the strong signal. Indosat Marketing Director Guntur Siboro admitted the fact. The promotional and tariff cut down have increased sharply the use of cellular traffic. The traffic peak of Indosat happens at 21.00-23.00 and 10.00 to 11.00. XL considered that drop call is technical problem. “Thus, it is not true we are downgrading the service quality,” said Myra Junor, XL corporate communication general manager (Harian Kontan, pg 22)
Read more...Icon+ could be a strong competitor in Internet service provider. The subsidiary of PT PLN will offer broadband over power line (BPL) technology, a PLN electricity cable-based Internet service. The technology offer data and voice (via Internet) with very low cost. "It just needs a modem with electricity power of 5-10 watt in one plug," said corporate secretary of Icon+ Didi Ali Achmadi. Its Bandwidth is bigger: 200 megabyte per second. Vice President Public and Marketing Communication PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Eddy Kurnia said his company is ready to compete with the new competitor. (Koran Tempo, pg B8)
Read more...Three major cellular telecommunication operators in Indonesia targeted corporate market segment. The ARPU ranges from Rp170-Rp450,000 wits increasing contribution to the revenue. Indosat marketing director Guntur Siboro, General Manager Regional Account Manager of Telkomsel Erwin Tanjung, and General Manager Marketing Product and Development Business Solutions PT Excelcomindo Pratama Budi Harjono gave this statement. Guntur said the average ARPU of Indosat corporate subscribers spent about Rp170,000 per month with 40,000 subscribers or 5 percent of the total Matrix users now. As to Budi, XL has more than 2,300 corporate subscribers, and Telkomsel 11,000 companies with 430,000 numbers. Almost all corporate subscribers use KartuHALO. PT Telkomsel targeted revenue Rp 1.6 trillion in this year, mostly come from 15 corporate business solution. (Investor daily, pg 24, Suara Karya, pg 7, Warta Kota, pg 18)
Read more...VP Corporate Account Management Telkomsel Ivon Ho (right) exchanged cooperation agreement script with Deputy Head Indofood Eddy Tanuwidjaja after signing Mobile VPN and Blackberry services which was witnessed by Business Director of Telkomsel Richard Tan (left) and Operational Director David Ng (second left) in Jakarta, Tuesday (13/5). Telkomsel held an exhibition and seminar "Personalization" for its 11.000 corporate subscribers and signing the communication solution agreement with six companies: Waskita Karya, Indofood Sukses Makmur, Adira Finance, Wings Group, Tangara Mitrakom, and Bank NISP (Investor daily, pg 24, Media Indonesia, pg 15)
Read more...Telkomsel commitment to serve Indonesia is truly realized by having cellular networks up to the remote areas and even the outer points on the border with neighboring countries. Telkomsel reinforced its commitment by providing concern program at Ranai, Natuna Regency, as one of the Indonsian outer islands by renovating school infrastructures and education textbooks worth by Rp127,100,000 and Fun Jogging with Telkomsel’s 2,000 subscribers. In Natuna regency, Telkomsel has 15 BTS with 50,000 subscribers as from the total of 15.5 million subscribers in Sumatra. (Neraca, pg 11)
Read more...Despite the tariff cut down, many cellular operators expressed their disappointment with the high cost of each SMS. Subscribers considered that SMS cost from cellular operators is too expensive. Most customers want Rp100 per SMS. The Indonesian Telecommunication Regulation Body (BRTI) considered the tariff cut down up to Rp150 is the best measure. “There is even operator cutting down its tariff below that level,” said Heru Sutadi the BTI member. XL Corporate Communication GM Myra Junor said the SMS tariff is Rp250. “It is also cheap, isn’t it,” she said. (Kontan, pg 22)
Read more...For the time being, the North Jakarta government closed the service for building permit of Base Transceiver Station (BTS). The closure was taken as the Jakarta government’s City Master Plan Office is mapping the location of tower sharing construction to minimize the number of towers with careless construction.
Had of North Jakarta government’s City Infrastructure Administration Heru Budi Hartono asserted the City Government has halted the permit issuance for the time being until the location for tower construction is defined. (Berita Kota, pg 2)
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