Thursday, February 14, 2008

Indonesia to cut mobile tariff

Voila. Undoubtedly, Indonesia's cellular industry will be one of the important markets in the region. The latest government decision on the long-awaited revision to the interconnection tariffs has confirmed it.

One of populous country, Indonesia, plans to cut mobile interconnection tariff 20-40 percent by April 1. Indonesia's Communications Minister Mohammad Nuh told reporters that the Government expects the number of mobile phone users in Indonesia to rise by 30-40 percent this year from around 80 million at the end of 2007.

"We still see a trend of declining tariffs from this year lasting until 2009. The trend needs to be maintained," Nuh said.

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