Indosat to provide more hotspots in public areas<\/p>\n
Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
In a bid to provide faster access for Internet users, PT Indosat
\nMega Media (Indosat M2), a provider of Internet and multimedia
\nservices, is planning to make available 100 more wireless
\n"hotspots" throughout the country this year.<\/p>\n
"Currently, we only have about 30 hotspots across Indonesia.
\nTherefore, we will add between 100 and 150 new hotspots every
\nyear in public places, including hotels and education centers,"
\nIndosat M2 Sales and Marketing Director Dede Rusnandar said over
\nthe weekend during the launching of the company's hotspot at the
\nSantika Jogja hotel.<\/p>\n
Of the existing 30 hotspots, he added, most were located in
\nJakarta with the rest scattered in Bandung, Yogyakarta, Semarang,
\nSurabaya, Bali, Batam, Medan, Makassar, Balikpapan and Manado.<\/p>\n
Indosat M2's first hotspot -- a wireless, broadband, Internet
\nservice using the WiFi (wireless fidelity) technology to provide
\nfaster Internet access of up to 11 MBps (or megabytes per second)
\n-- was set up last August.<\/p>\n
"In an area with the WiFi facility, a laptop computer or PDA
\n(personal digital assistant) users with a WiFi card can enjoy an
\nextremely high speed Internet access," Dede explained.<\/p>\n
"In the future, we will make more available but with much
\nwider coverage. It is called the WiMax that will change, not just
\nthe way we communicate, but also the way we do business."<\/p>\n
WiFi facilities, he said, could be accessed only to a radius
\nof some 200 meters, while WiMax would have a coverage area of up
\nto 50 kilometers in radius.<\/p>\n
"With WiMax we will be able to access the Internet from almost
\nanywhere. It could be much the same way as we use our cellular
\nphones today," he deduced.<\/p>\n
He added that Indosat M2 would provide WiMax for desktop
\ncomputers starting next year. A year later, the company will
\nprovide the facility for mobile communication devices such as
\nPDAs, laptops and cellular phones, once the world's leading
\nchipmaker, Intel, introduces the chip needed to access the
\nfacility from the mobile devices.<\/p>\n
For the time being, a wireless Internet access at a hotspot,
\nlike at Santika Jogja hotel, costs Rp 12,000 (US$1.3) per hour.
\nBut in the future, with better infrastructure, the cost will be
\ncheaper.<\/p>",
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