Telecommunication
XLcom’s outgoing call increased 600 per cent
This Idul Fitri festive season might become a new milestone for Excelcom, Indonesia’s third largest cellular provider. Its outgoing call traffics increased almost 600 per cent or six-folds higher than the last year’s Idul Fitri.
Telkomsel reached SMS delivery as 419 million per day
Indonesia’s giant network provider, Telkomsel, revealed that the volume of its short messages service (SMS) has increased drastically during this Idul Fitri festive season, reaching more than 400 million SMS traffic.
Hutchison enters Indonesia’s mobile market jungle
Indonesia’s mobile market has grew significantly. Hutchison Charoen Pokphand Telecom (HCPT) Indonesia decided to become the new player to the country’s mobile market after it rolled-out its nationwide GSM-based services Thursday.
HCPT Indonesia will compete with existing local giants Telkomsel, Indosat and Excelcomindo as well as CDMA-based operators Telkom, Mobile-8, Bakrie Telecom and Sampoerna Telecom Indonesia.
Telkomsel […]
China offers to support Indonesia’s Telkom satellite
A satellite producer from China is ready to fund the Telkom III satellite plan, Tempo Interactive reported. According PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Managing Director, Arwin Rasyid, the offer from China’s Great Wall Satellite was proposed when he visited China some time ago. So far Telkom always funds its satellites itself.
Indonesia’s broadcasting goes digital
Indonesia’s analog broadcasting, on both radio and television, will migrate to digital technology soon.
By enacting Law No. 32/2002, the country’s broadcasting will become digital. According to State Minister of Communications and Information Sofyan Djalil, trials for radio and television digital broadcasting as well as digital TV in mobile phones are in progress.
Telkom’s market capitalization amounts to US$22.3 billion
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) managed to book US$22.3 billion in market capitalization as of December 28, 2006.
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk., is the largest InfoCom company and full service and network provider in Indonesia. Telkom and its affiliated companies provide fixed wire line, fixed wireless, mobile service, data & internet and other multimedia services, and […]
Jakarta’s telephone lines almost recovered
Telecommunication network in Jakarta and environs, after disrupted by floods and heavy rains, almost recovered yesterday. Telephone lines, mainly for PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) and PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation Tbk (Indosat)subscribers, has been used almost normally.
According to Indosat’s spokeperson, Adita Irawati, her company has reactivated base transceiver station (BTS) after shut-downed due to lack of […]
Due to disruption, Indonesia will use satellite for Internet
The government of Indonesia are considering to use satellite connection to reroute Internet access due to Asian internet access disrupted recently. However, the repair work is expected to take between two weeks and one month.
The country’s telecommunications authorities, as well as major players in the industry, expect it to take between two and […]
