ZTE Wins Indonesian Network Contract

ZTE has won a contract from Indonesia's Telkomsel to help build its GSM/UMTS network in the country. Telkomsel is jointly owned by Indonesia's Telkom and SingTel. Beyond the quote below, no technical details of the contract were provided. No financial details either.

"We're pleased to forge a strategic collaboration with ZTE to build our GSM/UMTS network in Indonesia and reach our goal of offering customers a 3G high-speed data services network in 147 cities by 2013," said Mr. Sarwoto Atmosutarno, President Director of Telkomsel.

Figures from the Mobile World analysts shows that Telkomsel is the dominant operator in the country, having ended Q1 '09 with 72.1 million customers, and a market share of just under 50%.

On the web: Mobile World - Telkomsel

Posted to the site on 23rd June 2009