www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has expressed its interest in making investments an infrastructure unit of Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) if foreign investments in telecommunications infrastructure sector are allowed by the government. Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel) has been eyed by SingTel.
Five sectors including telecommunications infrastructure sector has been opened for foreign investments from March. 54 telecommunications towers are operated by Mitratel in West Java, Riau, Kalimantan and Batam. SingTel and Telkom are currently in talks about transferring ownership of 30,000 towers from Telkom’s mobile unit Telkomsel to Mitratel.
35 percent stake in Telkomsel is held by SingTel with Telkom holding the remainder. Transfer some 2,000 towers has also been planned by Telkom. However, the Indonesian Telecommunication Society (Mastel) has called on the government to cancel the plan to open the telecommunications sector to foreign investment.