Kemkomdigi Reveals Progress on Auction of 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz Spectrum
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Director General of Digital Infrastructure at the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Kemkomdigi), Wayan Toni Supriyanto, has revealed further developments in the auction of the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequency spectrum.
According to Wayan, the auction process is currently marked by the opening of the account retrieval and selection document phase for interested mobile network operators.
“Today, account retrieval is available, and the selection documents can also be obtained. The process is being carried out in line with the announcement we made,” Wayan stated when met in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Wayan stated that this frequency auction is open to all mobile network operators, referring to the three current industry players: Telkomsel, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, and XL Smart.
The auction for both frequency bands is being conducted simultaneously to make it more efficient in terms of execution time.
“There are two blocks, so an operator that wins the auction could choose both. Or they could choose just one; that’s how it is,” Wayan said.
Previously, on Thursday (23/4), the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Kemkomdigi) officially announced the opening of the selection process for users of the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz radio frequency bands for mobile network operations in 2026.
This step is the government’s effort to optimise frequency spectrum resources to promote the expansion of coverage and improvement in the quality of mobile broadband network services across all regions of Indonesia.
The purpose of this selection process is to provide additional spectrum availability for mobile operators to accelerate the equitable distribution of quality internet access to the public.
The objects of the radio frequency bands offered in this selection include the 700 MHz band ranging from 703–738 MHz (uplink) paired with 758–793 MHz (downlink), with a total bandwidth of 70 MHz (2x35 MHz).
There is also the 2.6 GHz band ranging from 2500–2690 MHz, with a total bandwidth of 190 MHz.