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XL Offers iPhone 4 in Indonesia
A couple of months ago, rumor was spreading that XL, one of the the largest telco companies in Indonesia might offer the iPhone 4. The rumor is now confirmed as XL has announced its iPhone 4 packages...
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Telkomsel Now Indonesia’s Biggest Holder of IPv4 Addresses
The Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) gave 4 million IP addresses to Indonesian telco Telkomsel. Telkomsel now manages 5.5 million IP version 4 (IPv4) addresses for its public internet...
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Telkomsel Competes with XL, Now Offers BlackBerry Data Roaming Service
We reported on Indonesian telco XL Axiata launching its BlackBerry data roaming service a few days back. Now Telkomsel, one of its biggest rivals is jumping in with a competitive plan as well,...
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Indonesia’s Telkom Speedy and Telkomsel Flash Combine into SpeedyFlash
Internet service provider PT Telkom Indonesia is offering a new package called SpeedyFlash. The service is a combination of Telkom’s fixed Internet service and mobile broadband from Telkomsel Flash....
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White iPhone 4 Finally Available in Indonesia
Over the last few weeks, Apple launched its white iPhone 4 in several countries, including U.S, UK, Hong Kong and China. Thanks to XL and Telkomsel, now we finally have it here in Indonesia. XL...
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Telkomsel Indonesia Sees Increasing Profits From Data Services
In the first quarter of 2011, the Indonesian telecommunication company Telkomsel managed to reap profits of more than US$1.8 million just from its data services alone. According to Kontan, the value...
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Indonesia’s Telkomsel Adds Value for Customers with Content Partnerships
One of the largest telecommunication companies in Indonesia, Telkomsel, is cooperating with about 500 companies to provide additional content services to add value for its customers. The partnerships...
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Ringback Tone Adverts Hit Indonesia’s Mobiles
Ringback Tone (RBT) advertising is taking off in Indonesia as a prime form of mobile advertising. Biz-Ring now fully launched its RBT-Ads service on mobile phones with Telkomsel operator. RBT adverts...
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Indonesia’s Telkomsel Urges Online Downloads After Midnight
In an effort to deliver better high-speed mobile Internet, Indonesia’s biggest telco Telkomsel is providing a new Midnight Flash Unlimited package. As the name implies, this high speed data plan is...
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Telkomsel’s Mobile Ads Target Based on Location and Demographic
At the IDBYTE event in Jakarta this afternoon, Indonesia, I chanced upon Telkomsel’s booth that showcases its mobile advertising product. Telkomsel is the largest telecoms company in Indonesia with...
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Javier Olivan Talks About Facebook In Indonesia [LIVE BLOG]
Hello from IDBTYE, Jakarta, Indonesia. The main course of the event has started with the first keynote by Javier Olivan, who is the head of international growth at Facebook. Today Olivan will be...
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Telkom Prioritizes Telkomsel Buyback, Aims To Make it 100% Indonesian
Telkom is still aiming to get its 35 percent share back from Singapore Telecom (SingTel). The company has made it a priority over its other plans, including acquiring Indosat StarOne. This buyback...
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Indonesia Tech Start-ups Celebrate With Bubu Awards
We have so far written about Indonesia’s IDBYTE Conference with a live blog on Facebook in Indonesia and another post on eBay’s perspective of the e-commerce market (more will come soon as we tidy our...
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Indonesia’s Telkomsel Brings Facebook App to Feature Phones
image from Media Indonesia Here’s some good news for Indonesia’s many social networking fans. Telkomsel will put a tiny but fully-functioning Facebook app onto some of their SIM cards phones.* The...
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Indonesian Telcos Prepare For Ramadan Traffic Surge
Ramadan will be here in less than a week. The holy month for Muslims is also a sort of celebration for telco companies in Indonesia. Most of big players offer special services and programs during the...
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Indonesian Muslim Boarding School Students Get Mobile Repair Training
NU students in a mobile repair training class. Image credit: Telkomsel.com Technology training is not limited to students at science or technology colleges. In Indonesia, Islamic boarding school...
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Telkomsel Guarantees Network Coverage on BOATS!
Ramadan is almost over and Eid is coming in few days. Many Indonesians who live in urban areas are preparing for their travel back to hometowns. Most people use buses, trains, cars, and motorcycles...
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IM2 Provides Wi-Fi Services On Train
ON A TRAIN! Good news for Indonesian travelers! Indosat Mega Media (IM2) recently began cooperating with PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI or Indonesian Railway Company) to provide Wi-Fi service for train...
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Yay! There Will Soon Be More Hot Spots in Indonesia!
Aside from the government’s plan to hook-up every region of the country with an internet connection, some companies have also laid out plans to build WiFi hot-spots nationwide. The national telco...
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Telcos to BlackBerry Indonesia: We Have Some Demands
Although there are an increasingly large number of BlackBerry users here in Indonesia, Research In Motion (RIM) still has much room for improvement in the country. Acting on behalf of its citizens,...
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