The new phase

Indonesia’s telecom industry is like a two sided coin. One side of which faces the basic telephony needs, the other side faces the demand of mobile broadband market. Telkomsel is up to the challenge from both sides. “After winning the tender for USO, Telkomsel will still continue its Telkomsel Merah Putih program,” said the Managing Director of Telkomsel Sarwoto Atmosukarto. At the same time, Telkomsel is also seriously developing what it calls “new business”, by which it means the development of mobile broadband, mobile money transfer, mobile wallet and mobile advertisement, and other innovative cellular based services. / Republika, pg 25