Malaysia ahead of Indonesia in Several Telecom Regulations
Malaysia is a neighbor country of Indonesia. It has 2 separate lands, mainland and north Malaysia in Kalimantan. In several telecommunication regulations, Malaysia is ahead of Indonesia. Let’s see the 3 advanced cases below: 3G, WiMAX and Number Portability.
3G:
Malaysia released 3G licenses since July 2002, far before Indonesia who release the licensed on early 2006. Malaysia allocated 3 blocks, but at the tender the winners were only 2 companies namely: Telekom Malaysia dan UMTS Sdn Bhd. Both companies were already operated. On November 2006, the 3rd and 4th licenses were released to TIME dotcom Sdn Bhd and MiTV.
WiMAX
Malaysia released the license for WiMAX in 2007. The winner of the tenders were Green Packet, REDtone International, YLT E-Solution and Asiaspace Dotcom. All winners are emerging company.
The winner will each invest up to $86 million in the first three years to roll out services and there was no license fee.
Meanwhile Indonesia will just release the BWA licenses in the earliest 2009. If 3G licenses are for nationwide, BWA license is on regional basis. There will be 14 regions and each participant can bid for one region only.
Number Portability
Number Portability is the ability for users to retain their existing mobile number when they switch to a new mobile provider. This means that you can avoid the inconvinience of having to notify friends and relatives that you have changed your number. So, your friends will not loose your contact.
Malaysia has been finished MNP (mobile number potability) implementation and now is on the trial. The program proclaimed by Malaysia Communication Minister on late 2005 has becomed a reality now.
How about Indonesia?
So far there is no sign for number portability proclamation. According to convergency roadmap created by a team formed by BTRI last year, the number portability will be started in 2011. It means the service will be ready in about 2013. Still far away.
Perhaps the small country like Malaysia with just few millions people has facilitated their telecommunication regulator to make an advanced decision.
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Hi, I live in Rawamangun Jakarta. I am an engineer and work in telecommunication area. My hobby is playing bridge with some high achievements. I like to write down both on my profession and on bridge. You may visit my bridge blog at rialbridge.blogspot.com. Want to sell telecommunication products in Indonesia or want to play bridge online, just leave me an email, so we can communicate.