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.
PT will utilize Cisco Service Provider Wi-Fi, a part of Cisco’s Small Cell solution portfolio, to support traffic growth and millions of users with a mobile experience.
The mobile operator’s initial target of deploying 100,000 Wi-Fi access points this year was to offload risk of overpopulated and congested 3G data traffic in malls, airports, and other high-density areas.
In addition, PT is also preparing to enhance broadband service portfolio to offer exciting new mobile broadband services.
“We expect our Wi-Fi network 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,” said Badriyanto, executive general manager of the Wireless Broadband Division at PT Telkom.
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,” said Irving Tan, managing director for Cisco in ASEAN.
