Is Indonesia the next big thing in broadband?

Posted By TelecomTV One , 12 August 2008 | 0 Comments | 0 people rated this an average of 3/5

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Indonesia is emerging as a hot broadband market, mainly as a result of the increasing availability of high-speed 3G and HSDPA mobile services.

According to Arjun Trivedi, the head of business in Indonesia for Nokia Siemens Networks, high speed mobile services are now the dominant form of broadband access in the country.

He says, "In Indonesia today, there are slightly more than a million broadband users. Quite a substantial number of these – we estimate some 60 per cent – are wireless broadband users, principally using HSDPA. We also estimate that there are about 400,000 fixed broadband users and a little over 600,000 mobile broadband users.”

Arjun Trivedia adds, "HSPDA has replaced traditional fixed lines as the dominant platform for users in Indonesia to access the Internet with their PCs.

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