On Friday the Indonesian government announced the winners of the 2.3 GHz WiMAX auction.
Of the 73 telecom companies interested, 8 winners were chosen for the 15 franchise zones.
The eight winners are dominant Indonesian telecom operator PT Telkom, PT Indosat Mega Media, PT Internux, PT First Media, PT Jasnita Telekomindo, PT Berca Hardayaperkasa, PT Rahajasa Media Internet (also known as the Indonesian WiMAX Consortium), a consortium comprising PT Comtronics Systems and PT Adiwarta Perdania.
The 15 zones include 3 zones in Sumatra, 4 zones in Java, 2 zones in Kalimantan, and 1 zone in Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Maluku, Sulawesi and Riau Island. Zones in Greater Jakarta and Banten were the highest priced, while zones in Papua and Maluku were the lowest. The highest bids came from First Media with IDR121.2 billion (12.3 million USD) and Internux with IDR110.03 billion, while Telkom’s bid was the lowest with IDR755 million for Papua and IDR533 million for Maluku.
According to Minister of Information and Communication, Mohammad Nuh, these winners met the minimum criteria for the awards which included ‘sufficient infrastructure’ and usage of a minimum 30%-40% of local products for the deployment.
{ 1 trackback }