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Telkom to
Triple Investment in Broadband Access to $3.7b in 2015
Jakarta. State-controlled
Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the country’s largest telecommunications company,
plans to triple its investment in broadband connectivity next year to almost $4
billion.
The company is setting aside aside Rp 45 trillion
($3.7 billion) for building infrastructure for broadband access, up from Rp 15
trillion this year, said president director Arief Yahya on Wednesday.
Government defines broadband as connectivity of at least 2 megabytes per
second for fixed lines and 1 Mbps for mobile devices.
The company would add more transmission stations,
lay down more fiber-optic cables and add satellites next year to expand
broadband access, Arief said. The plan is line with the government’s Indonesia
Broadband Plan, which seeks to connect most Indonesian household to broadband
networks by 2019.
The company, known as Telkom, is now operating
more than 26,000 kilometers of fiber-optic cables across the country.
