Friday, March 27, 2009

Telkomsel earn Additional 3G Frequency

Of the five mobile operators in Indonesia, Telkomsel became the only 3G operator that an additional 5 MHz frequency from the government. With the addition of a frequency block, and that means the band 3G Telkomsel will be increased to 10 MHz.

Director General of Postel Depkominfo, Basuki Yusuf Iskandar, said so only because Telkomsel proposal to approve the price of Rp 160 billion, according to a government request. Proposal that is ultimately recommended to the Ministry of Finance Postel.

"I have proposed to the Ministry of Finance in order to obtain the additional Telkomsel frequency this year. Once approved, the frequency will give us directly," he explained.

With 10 MHz band selebar, Telkomsel will hold more liberal access to mobile broadband network services, known as Telkomsel Flash products. Users of this service has reached 260 thousand subscribers and the target of two million subscribers until the end of 2009.

Previously, Director Sarwoto Atmosutarno Telkomsel ready to take advantage of adding states to the frequency of access to the fourth-generation telecommunications network (4g) technology Long Term Evolution (LTE).

"WiMAX backhaul we will make access to rural. While LTE for urban communities have a high mobility," he said.

(Source: detikinet.com)

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