Telkomsel may offer iPhone 3G in IndonesiaThe country’s biggest operator, Telkomsel, will offer the iPhone to its customers. Telkomsel is a state-owned company, with 35 percent of its stake owned by Singapore giant SingTel. As reported earlier, SingTel and its mobile associates will bring Apple Inc’s popular iPhone to Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines later this year.
Also, Hutchison will team up with Apple to offer the iPhone. The telecom company operates mobile phone services in Hong Kong, Thailand, Israel, Macau, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam. So, Indonesia will be its next logical step to offer the iPhone.
But looking at the number of users Telkomsel, which has more than 50 million users now, will win the bid rather than Hutchison. A close soource unveils that “Telkomsel will offer iPhone 3G in Indonesia. It’s almost confirmed.”
“Telkomsel will offer the iPhone to its postpaid customers. Now they are working on how to determine the plan that will be offered to the customers.” as quoted by source.
