Cisco Enables PT Telkom to Become a Wi-Fi Leader in Asia

Cisco Enables PT Telkom to Become a Wi-Fi Leader in Asia

JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/06/12 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is working closely with PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (PT Telkom), Indonesia's largest information and communications provider, to enable the rapid deployment of 100,000 access points across Indonesia. This will be the largest deployment of Wi-Fi access points by a single service provider in Asia.

According to IDC(i), as Indonesia transforms itself into an economic leader, ICT will play a major role in boosting economic growth as the ubiquitous use of smartphones and tablets results in a high demand for mobile network access. Both licensed and unlicensed (Wi-Fi) small cells are seen as key to managing this rapidly increasing demand.

Over the last six months, PT Telkom has initiated the deployment of thousands of Wi-Fi access points across Indonesia as it prepares for mobile data traffic to double each year through at least 2016. The Cisco Visual Networking Index also predicts that mobile data traffic in Indonesia is expected to grow 32 times from 2011 to 2016, with an average per user consumption at 716 megabytes of mobile data traffic per month in 2016, a staggering 2,387 per cent increase from 30 megabytes per month in 2011.

Key Facts / Highlights

 
--  As Indonesia's biggest telecommunication company, PT Telkom has 8.6
    million fixed wire-line customers, 14.2 million fixed wireless
    customers and 107 million cellular customers.
--  The Wi-Fi deployment will reinforce PT Telkom as a comprehensive
    service provider that supplies both fixed and mobile broadband
    services across Indonesia.
--  Wi-Fi is being deployed to offload mobile data from the macro cellular
    network, as well as to offer more convenient mobile broadband services
    in malls, hotels, schools, hotspots and public areas.
--  Cisco(R) Service Provider Wi-Fi is part of Cisco's Small Cell
    solution portfolio. It is a carrier-grade, end-to-end platform, built
    on Cisco's Next Generation Internet Architecture that can scale to
    support exponential traffic growth and millions of users with a mobile
    experience. Cisco Service Provider Wi-Fi is Passpoint certified, and
    incorporates Connected Mobile Experiences, providing a platform for
    unparalleled business innovation through location-based services.

Spokesperson Quotes

 
--  Badriyanto, Executive General Manager of the Wireless Broadband
    Division at PT Telkom
     "Our initial target of deploying 100,000 Wi-Fi
    access points this year has been to offload risk of overpopulated and
    congested 3G data traffic in malls, airports, and other high-density
    areas. In addition, we are also preparing to enhance our broadband
    service portfolio to offer exciting new mobile broadband services
    which can only come from a true carrier-grade Wi-Fi network, a network
    we expect to scale out to 1 million Wi-Fi access points. PT Telkom is
    the first operator to build such a large Wi-Fi network in Indonesia,
    and we are confident that our collaboration with industry leaders like
    Cisco will position PT Telkom as the global leader in mobile broadband
    and Wi-Fi."
    
    
--  Irving Tan, managing director for Cisco in ASEAN
     "Indonesia is
    transforming the Asia region with its plans to grow the economy to
    compete on a global scale. The rise in mobility highlights the
    country's vision in using the network as a platform for transformation
    as industries embrace the next-generation small cell mobile Internet
    capabilities for business benefits. Our collaboration with PT Telkom
    is the foundation for getting Indonesia future-ready as we create an
    intelligent, connected Indonesia."

Supporting Resources

 
--  Information on Cisco's solutions for service providers
--  SP360: Cisco Blog for Service Providers
--  Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast 2011-2016
--  Follow @CiscoAPAC

About PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (NYSE: TLK) (LSE: TKID) (IDX: TLKM) is the largest telecommunications services company in Indonesia, commonly abbreviated as Telkom Indonesia or Telkom. Telkom is an operator of "TIMES" (Telecommunication, Information, Multimedia, Edutaintment, and Services). More information about Telkom Indonesia can be found at http://www.telkom.co.id.

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(i) (19 Jan 12) ICT Growth in Indonesia Looks Rosy as the Nation Reaches a Transformative Phase of Its Economic Development, says IDC http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prID23273412

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