Cellular Capex 2010, Still in Crisis?
When almost all operators decreased their capital expenditure in 2009, how about this year 2010? Here are the data.
Telkom the biggest telecommunication operator will spend about IDR 2oT (more than US$2b) for its capex, 65% 0f them (around US$ 1.3b) will be used by Telkomsel (the largest cellular operator). This figure is just below 2009 figure (US$1.5b). Telkomsel will focus on its mobile broadband services. This service skyrocketed last year from 200,000 subscriber in 2008 to more than 1.6m in 2009. It increased for about 700%, fantastic.
Indosat, the second one will spend IDR 4,5T (around US$470m) 2010, it also below the figure of 2009 (US$600m). This fund will be used mostly for 3G Based Transceiver Station expansion. Currently Indosat serves around 28.7m subscribers down around 19% from last year figures. For your information, besides cellular services Indosat also provides data services and fixed line services as well as international gateway service. The biggest contribution is still from cellular services (75%), followed by data services (15%) and fixed and international gateway (10%).
XL, the 3rd largest cellular operator will spend around US$450m for its capex in 2010. This figure is far below 2009 figure (US$ 600m). However, according to the CEO, Hasnul Suhaimi, the company financial is getting better. So with a company profits during 2009, XL plans to propose dividend at annual general share holder meeting.
Bakrie telecom, the 2nd largest CDMA opeartor in Indonesia plan a US$200m for its capex in 2009. This figures is equal to the 2008 and 2009 figures. Bakrie has planned US$600m expenditure for 2008-2010 or equal to US$200m per year.
No information was received from Axis and HCPT concerning thier capex for 2010. For your information Axis capex for 2009 was around US$500m.
From the figues above, we can see that almost all operators decreased their expenditures in 2010. Still in crisis? (data taken from various sources)
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