To bring more hype to this event, Telin Timor-Leste brought the well-known Indonesian band to Dili, Slank. It’s resulted to the area with full of people to watch the performance. Dedi Suherman, CEO of Telin Timor-Leste said that we invited Slank to Timor-Leste based on the survey result about the most favorite band in Timor-Leste, and Slank was in the top list. The survey has answered the fact that people in Timor-Leste are still familiar with the band as they could sing-along most of Slank songs very well.

Since received a license for Telecommunication Services and followed by the Official Launch 2 months ago, Telekomunikasi Indonesia International, SA has erected 63 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in 6 (six) districts that have been utilized by 42.000 new customers.

Chief Operation Officer Telkomcel, Ambar Kuspardianto stated that since January 17^th 2013, Telin has distributed 80.000 starter packs in Timor-Leste. “Of all those numbers, 42.000 numbers have been activated and used by Telkomcel’s new customers”, he continued.

Timor-Leste as one of the newest country in the world has attracted TelkomGroup through Telin to expand new business there. With most of the population utilize mobile phone as their way of communications, currently 7.000 youngsters of Timor-Leste study in Indonesia. With the existence of Telkomcel, it’s expected that the communication between the students and their family are accommodated efficiently.

Responding the massive demand of Telkomcel in, Telin plans to add 52 new BTS with objective to widen the coverage of Telkomcel to 95% of population and strengthen the position of Telkomcel to be the number 1 provider in Timor-Leste.***Corcomm

BATIC is an event organized by Telin for global operators to explore business opportunities, share knowledge & information. BATIC is an initiative purely as an embodiment of their parent company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. (Telkom) for advancing the telecommunications industry. In addition, the selection of the world ‘BATIC’ itself reflects Telin commitments to preserve the cultural heritage of Indonesia that has been widely known in the world, namely Batik.

Before known as BATIC, the conference named as Telkom Global Partnership Forum (TGF Forum) held for the first time in 2008. This year is the third year for holding BATIC for three consecutive day conference starting from 11th until 13th July, 2012.

With the theme of “Monetizing Technology Trend”, the annual conference of the international telecommunications industry addressed two main issues: Power Plan Telco (Device-Network-Apps) and Two Big Future Exist.

“This year with the theme of Monetizing Technology Trend, we invite our business partners to jointly analyze the steps that have been done by world telecommunications players in addressing the development trends and lifestyle in the future. Our third conference that we’ve held is to reinforce the active Telin’s strategic position and the its existence in the international telecommunications industry, particularly the Asia Pacific region, ” said Sharif Syarial Ahmad, Director of Telin.

BATIC 2012 featured the prominent speakers in the telecommunications industry, such as, Indra Utoyo – IT Solution & Strategic Portfolio Telkom, Darryl Carlton – Research Director, Gartner Application Strategy & Governance, Jason Morse – Product Management & Operations for the Asia Pacific Region Google, James McClure – Emerging Market Development Manager for South East Asia You Tube, Jessica Lim – Director of Sales and Andreuw Thaf ComScore SEA – Deputy Director of Network Telkomsel.

The conference was attended by more than 150 top executives from around [63] companies from different countries. Among other leading companies in telecommunications industries, such as Level 3, Tata Communications, Telkom Malaysia, Shinetown Telecom, PCCW Global, Google, YouTube, Gartner, ComScore, and much more.

Appreciation and gratitude kindly to all participants and especially to BATIC sponsor: Telkom Wholesale & International Business and Division of Wholesale Services, Telkom Malaysia, Shinetown Telecom, PCCW Global, TATA Communications, Telin Singapore and Biznet.

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (TELIN) achieved 15 years of spectrum licenses for mobile telecommunications services at a frequency of 900MHz, 1800 MHz, and 2.1 GHz band and the Registration Service Provider in the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste. By bagging the license, Telin was ready to hold service for Global System for Mobile Communications(GSM) and third generation (3G) in Timor Leste.

“Timor Leste is an attractive telecom market, because it has the potential for subscriber growth. Taking into account of the purchasing power users, Telin is targeting to have 400 thousands subscribers in 2017 or about 43% market share in Timor Leste”, said Sharif Syarial Ahmad, CEO Telin.

According to Syarif, Telin will provide a complete service in Timor Leste, with strong support from PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) – which has a number of customers and the biggest infrastructure in Indonesia with substantial experience in operational, technical and commercial activities in the field of mobile telecommunications services. Telin will provide the core service in the form of wireless broadband,business solutions and digital lifestyle. In addition, Telin also will provide network-based service, such as data service and Internet Protocol (IP) Transit.

Telin’s infrastructure itself will be built on non-satellite network, via terrestrial microwave and optical networks. That infrastructure is a competitive advantage for Telin service compare to other operators in Timor Leste. The services that provided by Telin makes Timor-Leste connected to global network with the most efficient and cost effective. This is highly possible, given the Telkom’s optical network has been stretched to Atambua – which only a few kilometers from Timor Leste – in addition to Telkom had held the telecommunications services in Timor Leste.

“Telin committed to build a terrestrial optical network in Timor Leste in the second year of operation and will be completed within five years. Optical terrestrial network will be a major resources for Timor Leste to become the country that ready to broadband”, said Syarif. To develop the GSM and 3G Services in Timor Leste, Telin will invest no less than US$ 50 million during the first five years. The largest portion of investment is focused on the development of Radio Network.

“The people of Timor Leste should not be hesitate of Telin telecommunications services as the provision of those services supported by Telkom Group where Telin, in this case, serves as an international arms length for Telkom to provide Telkom Group services outside Indonesia” said Director of Telkom, Arief Yahya. “Through communication and internet, Telin will play an important role to increase economic productivity and education in Timor Leste”, he further added.

“Telkomsel is committed to provide the best service which has been viewed by Indonesian so it can be enjoyed by people of Timor Leste”, said Alex J. Sinaga – CEO of Telkomsel.

Moreover, in running a business in Timor Leste, Telin will invite local resources as a part of a corporate team to make sharing knowledge and expertise since Telin believes that business should be aligned with local conditions of Timor Leste. Telin belives, the development of telecommunications and information service in Timor Leste will benefit the country by providing a complete coverage of mobile services, the people of Timor Leste will be able to communicate with each other at anytime and anywhere.

Telecommunications infrastructure and the internet which built by Telin allows the increase of economy productivity, growths in competitiveness, and provides access to information, especially for the education sector which will provide an equal opportunities for the people of Timor Leste with other countries that had adopted the internet as their major part in the education and economy process.

Some of the Project ever undertaken by Telin with GoTL (Government of Timor-Leste) is NCP (National Connectivity Project) in 2008. At this phase, Telin built WIMAX and internet facilities to meet the needs of voice communications, data & video between departments and government agencies.

In 2011, GoTL trusted Telin to integrate existing NCP, establish Fiber Optic network and data centre in Dili. For the future of telecommunication in Timor Leste, the government plan to implement next phase of NCP, which is planned to commence in mid-2012 after the election of Timor-Leste. Telin has committed to explore the possibilities of business in Timor Leste and continue its footprints overseas.

Telin, represented by Mr. Ririek Adriansyah (President Director), was attending the BICS Carrier Event 2012 in Megève (France) from 6th to 8th February 2012. Ririek and Mr. Daniel Kurgan (BICS CEO) had the opportunity to catch up during the welcome dinner. Belgacom (through its representative office in Singapore led by Mr. Siddhartha Kohli) has been a long partner to PT. TELKOM since about 9 years ago.

Capacity Conference is a series of telecommunication wholesale events around the globe focused on providing the optimum forum to make new business connections and identify profitable growth opportunities. These events provide extensive networking opportunities to meet regional and international carriers and service provider around the world. On 20 – 22 February 2012, Capacity Conference was held once more in Dubai and named Capacity Middle East.

On this occasion, Telin as the global carrier in the world’s telecommunications businesses utilize the opportunity to strengthening the network as well as exploring new business development opportunities. This is in line with Telin’s business plan which this year more focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Oman and Turkey. Capacity Middle East was chosen because it is the largest event in the MENA region and was attended by almost all carriers in the region. More than 10 meeting agendas with the Carrier was done by Telin’s delegates that on this occasion led by Natigor Sitorus, Marketing & Sales Director.

The conference runs during 3 days. On the first day, the agenda was started on discussion of the new carriers’ strategies for future growth in the Middle East. As the some of the interviewees, Rashid Abdulah, the CEO of Batelico Bahrain, Andrew Grenville, the Executive Vice President Investment of DU and others, highlights the rapid changes of Middle East, and thus, how to anticipate and overcome the obstacle to growth and protecting portability. At the end of the day, the panel discussion was held on the topic of promoting cooperation between carriers in the Middle East and creating a local data hub to drive telecoms growth.

On the second day, the panel was begun on the topics of value chain and data service offering in the Middle East. Evaluation and differentiate the data services towards the driving demand is important to increase revenue which adaptation and integration are crucial. The topic was later moving on the discussion of new cable launches to increase the capacity between Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Africa (EAMEWE-4, IMEWE, EPEG, EIG, Gulf Bridge, TE North, TGN Gulf, EASSy), measuring the impact and anticipate the impact of new carrier service offering on capacity demand.

Finally, on the last day of the event, Iranian carrier market was the main discussion. The analysis of strategy update and overview of access and IP infrastructure development were presented. On this presentation, the critical points were about the changes flow of voice and data traffic and capacity requirements to support Iran’s growing telecommunications market. The participants moving the topics of the Iranian market to panel discussion. In this section, the evaluation and measurement of development infrastructure such as assessing demand, understanding the impact, developing effective relationship were the main keys in Middle East growth market to meet broadband. In addition, an overview of fixed and wireless access for the next 1 to 2 years together with the best investment requirements was the end of capacity Middle East conference discussion.

February 14th is the day that most people wait, especially youngsters who celebrate Valentine’s Day. The month in February is identical to “the month of love” and it is believed to be the right time to share their feeling to those who they loved the most.

According to one version, the history of Valentine Day is said to be the death anniversary of St. Valentines which considered as a symbol of determination, courage, resignation, in the face of temptation. St. Valentine himself is a martyr that lived during the period of ancient Rome in the reign of King Claudius II (268-270 AD).

Almost from all the ages take the advantages of this Valentine moment to express love to their loved ones, even to people who are very dear to us even though they live far away in another country.

This moment also utilized by Telkomsel and Telin as an opportunity to increase international traffic that is part of its business portfolio. Telin in synergize with Telkomsel, provides the Telkom Global 01017 promotional service to the mobile services’ customers for Kartu Halo, Simpati, and Kartu AS.

Telkomsel provides rates up to Rp 6/ second in this Valentine moment for international calls using 01017 to the main destination countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, China, USA, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea, and Taiwan. As a form of commitment to give the best services to the customers, Telkomsel gives the promotion along February 2012 so that customers may take longer time to express their love to families, friends, even the love ones separated by distance.

Since the launch of Kartu Telkom Hong Kong on October 2011, it got so much positive feedback especially from Indonesian people who live & work as well as those who travel to the land known as the “Tallest” in the world due to the presence of approximately 7,500 skyscrapers.

Kartu Telkom Hong Kong offers many beneficial for the community, especially for Indonesian to interact to their relatives in the homeland. Its existence is in line with Indonesian Government mission to help the Indonesian migrant workers (TKI), in this case in Hong Kong. The noticeable benefit of “value proposition” Kartu Telkom Hong Kong is the cheapest service for international call to Indonesia which only HKD 0.23 per minutes or equivalent to around IDR 270. It can be compared with local call rates fixed phone in Jakarta which IDR 250 per 2 minutes, or even “on net” call for postpaid GSM subscribers in Jakarta which around IDR 650 per minute.

Not only for the international call only, ‘on net’ SMS Kartu Telkom Hong Kong is free of charged which is very beneficial for the TKI to communicate intensely with each other. Kartu Telkom Hong Kong is also provided with broadband access up to 900 MB per month.

The other convenience benefit is the ability to transfer top up via SMS that can be done by Kartu Telkom Hong Kong. It works not only to fellow Kartu Telkom Hong Kong but also to all mobile customers in Indonesia. Even remittance can be done simply enough through mobile devices directly to bank account in Indonesia and Telkom Delima Services.

Another feature of Kartu Telkom Hong Kong is a wide range of “life style” services such as RBT (Ring Back Tone), radio, reading Indonesia content as well as “Kabar Kerabat” (a means of socializing and information center).

Kartu Telkom Hong Kong customers also get benefit from the provision of Customer Hot Line Service in Bahasa Indonesia. This helps the needs of TKI in Hong Kong if there are complains or questions about Kartu Telkom Hong Kong services. Customer Service is directly serviced by the officers from Indonesia since Telin Hong Kong as a MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) has cooperated with Infomedia contact center, part of Telkom Group.

Plasa Telkom is now present in the heart of Hong Kong which located near the Victoria Park and known as a center of activity for the TKI in Hong Kong. Its presence makes easier for TKI to obtain various information, specializing in telecommunications services both voice and internet.

All of those services are dedicated by Telin Hong Kong to the Indonesian people in Hong Kong, especially for TKI as the embodiment the active role of Telkom Group to build Indonesian community as well as in the framework of Good Corporate Citizenship.

Telin cooperate with one of world class cache technology provider company has been providing Telin CDN services to answer the needs of the company or anyone who wants its source of data can be accessed quickly from all across the world. For companies in Indonesia Telin CDN will be able to make the enterprise data sources can be accessed from outside Indonesia quickly, usually for the company website which is very important for publicity to potential investors abroad. Vice versa, for the overseas content provider Telin CDN offer the quick access from the public in Indonesia.

As marketing efforts for Telin CDN, Telin on 13 and 14 February, 2012 in Jakarta conduct a sharing session for the Account Manager of Telkom. These activities led by the Marketing & Sales Director of Telin, Natigor Sitorus who was accompanied by Septika N. Widyasrini, CEO of Telin Singapore. This event also attended by Senior Manager Marketing Telkom DIVES, Yusron Hariyadi, as well as the AVP International Business of EWS Directorate, Eric Orbandi.

This event is very important since the target market for Telin CDN wide open for PT Telkom customers, especially in the enterprise segment as well as content providers in Indonesia which requires its company website or content can be accessed easily and quickly from abroad.

At this moment, Telkom and Telin agreed to conduct trial product to customers of Telkom Group, among others: 10 DIVES’s customers, 2 DIVCIS’s customers, one METRA’s customer, and one subsidiary of PT Telkom. The product trial of Telin CDN hopefully can deliver beneficial to user which later not only become Telin’s customer but also create world of mouth to other company in Indonesia.

The Synergy of Legal Unit Roles & Function to Enhance the Telkom Group Value

Kuta – January 25 to 27th 2012 – Taken place in Kuta Bali, PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and Telin joint effort to held the events named Legal Forum of Telkom Group. This event was held successfully, attended by 80 audiences from Telkom and Telkom subsidiaries company such as Telkomsel, Mitratel, Infomedia, Sigma, PIN, Metranet and Telin as well. The conference was opened by the Telkom Financial Director, Sudiro Asno, accompanied by Ririek Adriansyah, Telin CEO. Others in attendance were legal officers in Telkom Group who shared their knowledge and latest developments in the information in legal aspect.

Legal Forum Telkom Group 2012 features “The Synergy of Legal Unit Roles & Function to Enhance the Telkom Group Value” was held in three days, where the first two days consist of panel discussion and workshop while team building were held in the third day. During the first day of the panel discussion focused on “Legal Aspect Review of Corporate Law & Competition Law on Synergies Enterprises and Subsidiaries” presented by Wahyuni Bahar, Managing Partners from the Law Firm Bahar & Partners. Continued with discussion on “Criminal Law Review especially on Corruption Associated with the Company Management Synergies” presented by DR. Setyo Utomo SH, MH from Jampidsus (Attorney General for Special Criminal). The last session is sharing synergies handling legal issue in the Parent Company & Subsidiaries presented by Ike Andriani SH , Vice President of Corporate Secretary & Corporate Legal PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk and Siendy Wisandana, Head corporate Counsel Medco Energy International. accompanied by three moderator from Telkom Herdy Harman, Rudi Agustian and from Telkomsel Novarita Fitria.

On the second day, there were a sharing discussion handling problem on regulation, risk and legal issue among Telkom Group, bringing by keynote speaker: Herdy Harman, Vice President of Regulatory Management Telkom, Rudy Agustian, Vice President of Legal & Compliance and Ikhsan, OVP Risk Telkom management.

Legal Forum Telkom Group is a form of Telin support in implementing its parent company spirit of team work and also as form of Telkom Group synergies by pooling competence of all member of the group and evidence of commitment to providing benefits, added value and service quality for customers.