Telkomsel works with Pos for expansion<\/p>\n
Bloomberg, Jakarta<\/p>\n
PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), the nation's biggest
\nmobile-phone operator, will cooperate with the state postal
\nservice to expand network in Indonesia's remote provinces and
\nboost its user base by 30 percent next year.<\/p>\n
Telkomsel plans to build base transceiver stations in every
\nbranch of PT Pos Indonesia, Telkomsel President Kiskenda
\nSuriahardja, told reporters in Jakarta on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
"We will penetrate into remote areas across Indonesia using PT
\nPos's extensive network," he said after signing an agreement to
\nbuild the stations with Pos. He declined to say how much the
\ncompany will spend on the plan.<\/p>\n
Jakarta-based Telkomsel, 51 percent owned by PT Telekomunikasi
\nIndonesia (Telkom), said on Sept. 16 it plans to spend US$850
\nmillion next year, 21 percent more than its earlier estimate, to
\nexpand its network and add customers as competition increases.<\/p>\n
Telkomsel, which offers stored-value cards and the option of
\nmonthly bills, has trimmed prices and sold cheaper cards to
\nfirst-time users to gain more customers in a country where half
\nof the 220 million people live on less than $2 a day. Fewer than
\none in four Indonesians has phone access.<\/p>\n
The company is expanding outside the main island of Java,
\nwhere mobile usage is low, to lure new users, Kiskenda said.<\/p>\n
Telkomsel has 24 million subscribers, he said, 47 percent
\nhigher than last year. The company had a 54 percent market share
\nas of September.<\/p>\n
The nation's cell-phone users may double to 90 million in five
\nyears, placing the country among the four largest mobile-phone
\nmarkets in Asia, Hasnul Suhaimi, president of PT Indosat,
\nTelkomsel's smaller rival, said on Nov. 24.<\/p>",
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