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ARTICLE · 09 JANUARY 2024

Telecoms, Media & Internet - 2024

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Please describe the: (a) telecoms, including internet; and (b) audio-visual media distribution sectors in your jurisdiction...

IndonesiaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Marshall Situmorang
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Audria Putri
Audria Putri
M. Irfan Yusuf
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1.1 Please describe the: (a) telecoms, including internet; and (b) audio-visual media distribution sectors in your jurisdiction, in particular by reference to each sector's: (i) annual revenue; and (ii) 3–5 most significant market participants.

(a) Telecommunication

According to the Indonesia Central Agency on Statistics (Badan Pusat Statistik Indonesia or "BPS"), 66.48% of Indonesia's population has access to the internet using a telecommunication provider, with the spreading area across the archipelago, especially in urban areas (i.e., Jakarta), and it will keep getting bigger due to the advances in information technology. As of the second quarter of 2023, the Indonesia telecommunication leaders are PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk ("TLKM"), PT Indosat Tbk ("ISAT"), and PT XL Axiata Tbk ("EXCL"), which the details are described in the table below:

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