Minister of State Owned Entreprise, Dahlan Iskan (second-left) give the Telkomcel phone card to Prime Minister East Timor, Xanana Gusmao (middle). The event was attended by the ambassador of Indonesia for East Timor, Primanto Hendrasmoro (second-right), Minister of Transport and Communication East Timor, Pedro Lay da Silva (left) and President Director PT Telkom, Arief Yahya (right) at Official Launch Telkomcel at Telin Office, Dili, East Timor, Thursday night (17/1).
- Telekomunikasi Indonesia Internasional (Telin), subsidiary of PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom) began operations to serve the mobile telecommunications needs of GSM and 3G services in East Timor under the name of Telkomcel.
With the operation of Telkomcel in East Timor, Dahlan Iskan asked Telkom to provide the best services. Because Telkom is not the only telecommunications services is in the earth Lorosae. There are one operator local which has been more first operate.
Arief Yahya optimistic that Telkomcel market in East Timor is quite big. Telkomcel targets 450 thousand subscribers in 2018 or around 45 percent from target market in East Timor. Internal cash about us $ 50 million is flowing to clear GSM service, 2G and 3G. A license is obtained Telin to provide telecommunications services in east timor applicable to the next 15 years.
Now, Telkomcel has 30 BTS that ready to operate. In the next few months will increase to 110 BTS to reach the target coverage. The success of a subsidiary of telkom obtain a license in East Timor this expanding wings a state-owned company in warmly State.