Telkom Indonesia’s $100m submarine cable completed
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: USD100 million submarine fibre-optic network cables for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom Indonesia) have been signed off by Japanese ICT-based business solutions provider Fujitsu Limited in partnership with Germany’s Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (NSW).
Indonesian islands Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java, Bali and Lombok will be connected by the new link and will allow inhabitants living there to access broadband-speed internet services, including e-commerce, video, data, and voice telephony services.
Named as ‘JaKa2LaDeMa’, the cable was successfully tested in April this year and has been expected to dramatically increase data transmission capacity between the islands. The cable will afford business and residential users on Kalimantan and Sulawesi their first high-bandwidth services and has also been hailed critical to Bali, a key commercial centre for Indonesia.
Temasek’s final appeal rejected by Indonesia’s SC
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Singapore-based Temasek Holding’s final appeal against a decision by the country’s anti-monopoly authorities concerning its telecoms investments has been rejected by Indonesia’s Supreme Court.
Temasek Holdings has stakes in PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) which Indonesia’s largest cellcos by subscribers and PT Indosat through its Singapore Technologies Telemedia STT unit. However, it was forced to sell its stake in Indosat to Qatar Telecom for USD1.35 billion, following the ruling by the Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU).
The anti-monopoly commission adjudged in 2007 that Temasek and its affiliates were in breach of Indonesia’s anti-monopoly laws and ordered the sale of one of their telecom units in Indonesia. According to a spokesman for the KPPU, the Supreme Court through its verdict on 5 May 2010, as written on its official website, states that it has rejected a judicial review, filed by Temasek, over the Supreme Court decision.
Singtel’s profit rises due to regional businesses, Bharti, Optus (Singapore)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Due to the increase in the revenue at the regional businesses and the Optus unit in Australia, the fourth quarter profit of Southeast Asia’s largest phone company, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd rose 12 percent. Revenues from mobile division units of SingTel including Bharti Airtel Ltd. and PT Telekomunikasi Selular also contributed to the fourth straight quarter of profit growth of the company.
Singtel’s earnings increased by 12 percent to S$546 million, courtesy the performance of its regional mobile units. Indonesia’s largest mobile-phone company, Telkomsel’s earning surged 26 percent to S$205 million on revenue growth from an increased customer base and currency movements. 8.6 percent rise in earnings to S$245 million has also been posted by Bharti Airtel. Globe Telecom Inc., SingTel’s Philippine unit, posted a 23 percent decline in profit to S$61 million. Earnings from Advanced Info Service Pcl, Thailand’s biggest mobile-phone rose 4.6 percent to S$53 million.
According to Chief Executive Officer Chua Sock Koong, it’s too early to determine the impact on earnings of a proposal by India’s telecommunications regulator to impose a fee on operators such as Bharti.
Net income of the company gained to S$1.02 billion ($740 million), full-year profit rose 13 percent to S$3.91 billion, revenue rose 25 percent to S$4.46 billion and it had 293 million mobile-phone customers at the end of the quarter, or 17 percent more than a year earlier. The fourth-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization were little changed at S$579 million in the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, the company is targeting new Australian subscribers through its mio TV service, with broadcasts of World Cup soccer matches starting next month. As SingTel spent more to attract mobile-phone customers and add new content to mio TV, the division’s profit margin dropped 4.5 percentage points to 35.3 percent. Witnessing a strongest mobile-phone customer growth in five years, Sydney-based Optus income rose 5 percent to A$610 million ($545 million).
Telkom Indonesia plans to buy out tower investor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nearly US$400 million in debt is seeked to be raised by Indonesia’s PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) in order to buy out the minority partner in its indirect towers holding company. PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) owns the towers and 65 percent of Telkomsel is owned by Telkomsel and 35% by Singtel.
Macquarie Group was picked by Telkom last month to advice on the telecoms tower deal, which could be worth up to US$1.2 billion. It also announced its plans to later list the tower unit on the local stock exchange. According to Rinaldi Firmansyah, Telkom’s president director, the negotiation with SingTel is currently ongoing and the company has appointed Macquarie to advise us as it has extensive experience in infrastructure.
Around 20,000 towers are managed by the unit and only around 9,000 of those could be considered able to generate revenue from sub-letting to other telecoms operators.
Telkom Indonesia selects Macquarie to advice on tower deal
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Macquarie Group Ltd has been selected by PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) to advise it on a USD800 million-USD1.2 billion telecoms tower deal. The company has also planned to list the tower unit.
9,000 telecoms towers before the end of 2010 is in the interest list of Telecommunications (SingTel’s). Telkom’s majority owned mobile arm PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) is the owner of the towers in question. 65% is owned by Telkom and SingTel owns the remaining 35%.
According to Telkom’s Rinaldi Firmansyah, the negotiation with SingTel is currently ongoing and the company has appointed Macquarie to advise as it has extensive experience in infrastructure and added that Telkom will look to consolidate the towers under the wing of its own PT Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel) unit, which will be tasked with focusing on the telecoms infrastructure business.
Indonesian telco Telkom profit rises 6.7% in 2009
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A net income of IDR11.33 trillion (USD1.24 billion) last year with 6.7% increase from the IDR10.61 trillion booked in 2008 has been announced by Indonesia’s largest operator by subscribers and revenues, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia. The profit has been attributed to strong growth in its cellular and internet operations.
According to Telkom president Rinaldi Firmansyah, the group’s performance was underpinned by a 25% increase in mobile subscribers to 81.6 million at PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), which helped to push group revenues up 6.4% year-on-year from IDR60.70 trillion to IDR64.59 trillion.
42% of overall revenue in fiscal 2009 was accounted by Telkomsel. With 7.5% y-o-y increase, it booked full-year sales of IDR27.2 trillion. The net income rose from IDR9.60 trillion to IDR11 trillion. A subscriber mark of 1-00 million is also aimed by Telkomsel as the market is expected to grow to 200 million mobile users by the end of the year.
Internet and data arm of the telco were the star performer last year in terms of revenue accounting for 29% of total revenues increasing from IDR14.7 trillion to IDR18.5 trillion
Telkom selects TRG for WiMAX solution
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: PT Teknologi Riset Global (TRG) has been selected by PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) to supply a national 802.16d WiMAX solution in the recently freed up 3.3GHz band. PT Teknologi Riset Global (TRG) is an affiliate of leading Indonesian infrastructure developer the Indonesian Tower Group.
The announcement has been made a ministry decree calling on operators to migrate from the 3.5GHz to 3.3GHz band. The ministry has also asked to stick with 802.16d accredited technology.
According to the telco, it has already deployed TRG’s WiMAX solution in four regions: West Java, Jakarta, Sumatra Island and Kalimantan Island.
TRG has been working with Canada’s Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc to integrate WiMAX equipment for Indonesian carriers with licensed spectrum at 2.3GHz and 3.3GHz. Tranzeo Wireless manufactures wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems from its base in British Columbia.
Satellite product portfolio to be developed by Telkom (Indonesia)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), Indonesia’s largest telecoms group by subscribers and revenue, has expressed its aspiration to develop a suite of satellite-delivered products.
To materialize this goal, a delegation of officials including five Telkom employees and two from the National Flight and Space Agency has been sent to study in the Telecom-3 orbiter factory in Russia for 18 months.
According to company president Rinaldi Firmansyah, the cooperation includes the usage of satellite image data provided by the space agency to fulfill Telkom’s needs in planning, operating, maintaining and marketing.
After China, Ericsson Moves Into Indonesia and Bangladesh
An Ericsson statement said the company has signed a deal with
Indonesia’s largest cellular phone operator Telkomsel to provide a 3G/WCDMA network. Another statement said it has been given a managed services contract by Warid Telecom for a GSM/GPRS network in
Bangladesh. Under a three-year agreement signed with Telkomsel, Ericsson will deliver a 3G/WCDMA radio and core network, including HSPA, with deployment beginning immediately. The contract also includes three years of managed services, with Ericsson providing a comprehensive services offering including establishing, operating and managing the operations of Telkomsel’s 3G network. Bengt Thornberg, Country Manager of Ericsson
Indonesia, said: “We have had a longstanding cooperation with Telkomsel for more than 10 years and we are honored to be selected to deliver its 3G network in
Indonesia. Our solutions will allow Telkomsel to introduce new and advanced services in the country.”
Telkomsel is 65 percent owned by PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk and 35 percent by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.
The
Bangladesh contract covers the operation, management and maintenance of Warid Telecom’s core GSM/network, backbone transmission and real-time charging/Value Added Services (VAS). This agreement is an extension to the contract signed earlier this year where Ericsson was chosen by Warid Telecom to supply and implement the complete core and backbone transmission equipment for its nationwide GSM/GPRS network. Ericsson will now also manage Warid Telecom’s radio network in the western part of the country, covering the areas of Rajshahi,
Khulna, and
Barisal.
Muneer Farooqui, Warid Telecom CEO said: “By having Ericsson to manage and operate our network, we are able to focus our resources on building our branding, sales and marketing activities, strengthening our customer services and developing more services that meet our subscribers’ needs and expectations.”
Jan Signell, President, Ericsson South East Asia, added: “We are proud of being selected by Warid Telecom in this contract. We have enjoyed a fruitful managed services partnership with them in
Pakistan, where Warid has exceeded its own expectation. We are committed to ensure that Warid Telecom repeats similar success in
Bangladesh.” The GSM expansion contracts with China Mobile together worth $550 million were signed during the first half of 2006. They include projects in 17 regions of
China. Ericsson has already started deliveries of network equipment which it claims will be able to support nearly 200 million subscribers across the 17 regions. Under the contracts, Ericsson will provide China Mobile with core and radio networks, together with related technical support and services. It will also deploy its Mobile Softswitch Solution in the contracted regions.
Source- http://news.tmcnet.com
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