Telkomsel the Highest Payer Spectrum Fee
According to the data released by DG Postel, Telkomsel is the highest payer of spectrum frequency fee. Up until end of June 2009, Telkomsel has paid just above IDR 1.6 trillion, which consist of Rp. 929b (900 MHz) and Rp. 724b (1800 MHz). Indosat comes second with IDR 940b, followed by XL with IDR 700b. Bakrie is the highest payer for CDMA operator with IDR 230b. The total spectrum fee until end of June is IDR 4.2 trillion.
Currently DG Postel released a consultation for spectrum fee based license. The white paper has been released. It can be downloaded here.
The pressure to spectrum fee stuck up since a few years ago. This was triggered with the cost that must be paid using current system, apparatus license. In this scheme, as written in the previous posting Indonesian Spectrum Levy, operator will pay as they build new equipments which use spectrum frequency. From time to time, the figures will increase and nowadays it has become so high. Just take Telkomsel for example. It has 2x30Mhz spectrum in 900MHz and 1800MHz. Until June 09, they have already paid, IDR 1.6 trillion or more than IDR 26b per MHz. This figure is far higher than 3G spectrum fee, with just IDR 16b per MHz.
The purpose this consultation is to make an equal treatment for all industry which uses the spectrum frequency. However, for the time being the focus is the cellular industry in which spectrum frequency is the vital element of the business. In this consultation, people are encourage to submit their comment to the DG Postel, from Oct 16th to the end of the month.
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