Indonesia Releases BWA License Soon
Indonesian Telecommunication Authority has released a tentative schedule for the selection of Broadband Wireless Access Provider. According to New BWA White Paper, all the processes shall be finished by the last week of 2008. On the 3rd week of November 2008, there will be an announcement for the selection and then followed by the auction process which will end at the 4th week of December.
The spectrum frequency band for this auction are 2.3GHz and 3.3GHz.
On 2.3GHz, only 15 MHz will be auctioned, i.e. 2375 – 2390 MHz. Meanwhile, in 3.3GHz, there are 100MHz which are divided into 8 blocks of 12.5 MHz. Unfortunately, for 3.3GHz the most interested area (Jakarta metropolitan area) is already occupied. The participant shall be from network or service provider, incumbent or new entries. Both licenses are just for nomadic BWA.
The license will be regional based, where Indonesia is divided into 14 regions.
The spirit of this license is to use local resources, that is minimum 30% CAPEX and 50% OPEX.
So, hurry up. Prepare your document soon!
For detail information, please read the new BWA white paper.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 7:31 am
Is there an english version of the white paper?
Thanks,
Anjum
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Hi Anjum,
Thank you for your comment.
As long as I know, only Indonesian version is available. However, I will try to pass your question to my friend in DG Postel. Let’s wait what their answer is.
Syahrial Ali