Telkom Group CTO Abdus Somad Arief presented on broadband challenges in Indonesia. He outlined that Indonesia has over 76,700 km of fiber optic backbone deployed, but that 55% of cellular towers are still only 2G. To address service and application challenges, Telkom is developing an integrated ecosystem of devices, networks, and applications. This includes initiatives like digital innovation centers to support startups and nurture a digital creative community.

1. Towards Meaningful
Broadband: Service &
Application Challenges
Simposium Nasional
Abdus Somad Arief
Telkom Group CTO/CIO
PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk
Jakarta, 22 September 2015

2. O U T L I N E
11 Indonesia Digital Snapshot
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22 Indonesia Broadband Infrastructure
33 Service & Application Challenges

3. 3
Global & Indonesia Digital Snapshot
Global Snapshot
Jan 2015
Indonesia Snapshot
Jan 2015
Source: We are social

4. 4
Global & Indonesia Digital Snapshot
Global Snapshot
Jan 2015
Indonesia Snapshot
Jan 2015
Source: We are social

5. 5
Indonesia Internet User Profile
Most of users in Indonesia (85%) use mobile to access internet
Source: Survey by APJII & Puskakom UI, 2014

6. 6
Indonesia Internet User Profile
Social media become the most popular content accessed by Indonesia users
Source: Survey by APJII & Puskakom UI, 2014

7. O U T L I N E
11 Indonesia Digital Snapshot
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22 Indonesia Broadband Infrastructure
33 Service & Application Challenges

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Broadband Backbone Readiness
Telkom’s FO backbone has been deployed more than 76.700 Km from Aceh to Papua, also in progress the
Indonesia Global Gateway and the launch of Satellite Telkom-3S (2016), Satellite Telkom-4 (2018)
BAA
PENANG
SATUN
Songkhla
DMCS.
BANJARMASIN
PALEMBANG
DENPASAR
KUPANG
DILI
LAMPUNG
MANADO
MERAUKE
JAYAPURA
PALU
PADANG
PBR
PONTIANAK
BANDUNG
AMBON
BALIKPAPAN
JAKARTA
BATAM
MATARAM
KENDARI
MAKASAR
SURABAYA
MAUMERE
MEDAN
SANGATA
TIMIKA
BENGKULU
JAMBI
TARAKAN
SORONG
BRUNEI
FAKFAK
TERNATEENTIKONGNIAS
TUAL
SINGAPORE
TAHUNA
NATUNA
TAREMP
A
MOROTAI
SEBA
TAWAO
: eksisting
: on going
: planning
Legend :
SEA US
TUA PEJAT ③
SABANG ①
MELONGUANE
Bengkalis
Slt Panjang
BANGGAI
ONDONG SIAU
KOTA BARU ⑤
BAU-BAU
WANGI-WANGI ⑥
AGATS
KEPI
P PRAMUKA ①
BIAKFEF
BOTAWA
SORENDIWERI
WARIS
TNH MERAH
OKSIBIL
ELELIM
NABIRE
RASIEI
BINTUNI
TERMINABUAN
WAMENA
KOBAMA
BURMESO
SARMI
SUMEHA
ILAGA KARUBAGA
TLG UBI ①
KRUI ③
PARIGI ④
RUPIT ②
MALAKA TENGAH ⑤
TOBADAK ⑥
TIRAWUTA
⑦
BATAUGA ⑧
: USO
SIMEULEU ②
NUNUKAN
⑤
Telkom-3S
Telkom-4
Telkom-1
Telkom-2
IGG

9. Telkomsel Indosat XL Big 3
2G 3G 4G 9
Mobile Coverage Readiness
Based on Big-3 Indonesia mobile operators (Telkomsel, Indosat, XL: 85% market share):
Indonesia has been covered by almost 200K BTS, 45% of which were 3G/4G BTS while the other 55% were 2G BTS
TSEL Population Coverage
2G: ± 95% | 3G: ± 60%
Sumatera
Users portion: 28%
Greater Jakarta &
West Java
Users portion: 24%
Papua, Maluku,
Sulawesi, Kalimantan
Users portion: 22%
Java & Bali
Users portion: 26%
96.9K
43K
54.6K
1%
50%
49% 53%
47%
68%
32%
55%
45%
194.5K
Source: Report/InfoMemo

10. O U T L I N E
11 Indonesia Digital Snapshot
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22 Indonesia Broadband Infrastructure
33 Service & Application Challenges

11. Integrated Device – Network – Application Ecosystem
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DEVICE NETWORK APPLICATION
Smart Devices, 3 Play 3 Screen & Cloud
Digital Devices
Smart Home
Indonesia Digital Network 2015
( )
Digital
Business
Digital Life
Smart
Machine
Nurturing Digital Creative Community
Digital
Ecosystem
(Virtual
Network)
Physical
Ecosystem
(People
Network)
3
Digital Planet
4
TIME Service & Product Innovation
Digital BusinessDigital Life1
Digital Platform2
Digital Home Digital Machine
Demand SideSupply Side
Digital Home
Vending MachineM Point of Sales
Smart IPTV Home
Automation
1
2

12. Indonesia Telco Initiative
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Digital Business
Building Indonesia Digital Ecosystem through Integrated Device-Network-Application
- Area : 1200 M2
- Capacity : 20 Startups
- Established : 2014
- Area : 1200 M2
- Capacity : 20 Startups
- Established : Dec 2011
- Area : 1000 M2
- Capacity : 10 Startups
- Established : August 2013
The Facilities :
• 1,000++ square meters
• Creative Rooms (10-20)
• Co-working space
• Lounge & Café
• Meeting Rooms
• Servers & Multi-platform
Gadgets
• 24/7 Operation
• High Speed Internet
and

13. Thank