Surfing at East Java
Surfing at East Java. This brings two things to mind – boarding off the coast of Indonesia and surfing the Internet at a trendy coffee shop. But what if you want to surf the Internet in Indonesia. Well, its not so easy.
Indonesia is a developing nation consisting of 17,508 islands, making it the world’s largest archipelagic state. Indonesia also happens to be the fourth most populous country in the world. So how do you connect all these Islands and people? With SAT-GE:
SAT-GE, a provider of unique C and Ku-band satellite coverage stretching across the Pacific Ocean Region from coast-to-coast, today announced the provision of satellite capacity across Eastern Indonesia for PT Telkom, the leading incumbent telecommunications operator in Indonesia.
Using multiple transponders on the GE-23 satellite, PT Telkom are able to rapidly extend their GSM/CDMA network and other services over Eastern Indonesia, providing connectivity deep into Papua, Maluku and Sulawesi.
GE-23 was chosen as the best satellite for the job, with a prime position over Papua, it delivers a unique coverage of Eastern Indonesia and its power capability is ideal for high bandwidth trunking and backhaul.
“With a subscriber base growing at double digits month-on-month, we needed a combination of bandwidth, coverage and rapid deployment. Satellite was the ideal solution for our expansion in Eastern Indonesia, and GE-23 meets our needs,” said Mr Dani Indra Widjanarko – Satellite General Manager.
“It has been a pleasure to work with SAT-GE; their responsiveness and the higher power capability of GE-23 opens many opportunities for us for Eastern Indonesia.”
Andrew Jordan, General Manager of SAT-GE, commented: “We are delighted to be able to assist PT Telkom in their pursuit of growth and the roll-out of communications across Indonesia. GE-23 supports voice, video and data applications and PT Telkom has chosen a platform that will be able to grow with their objectives and aspirations.”
About PT-Telkom:
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TELKOM) is the largest full information and communications (InfoComm) service and network provider in Indonesia. TELKOM (here after referred to also as the Company) provide fixed wirelines, fixed wireless, cellular as well as data & Internet and network interconnection services, both directly and through its associate companies and subsidiaries.
As of December 31, 2006, the number of TELKOM subscribers reached 48.5 million, consisting of 8.7 million fixed wireline and 4.2 million fixed wireless subscribers and 35.6 million cellular subscribers. TELKOM’s subscriber growth of 30.73% in 2006 increased the Company’s operating income in 2006 by 23% compared to that of 2005.
