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Telkomsel, the biggest GSM and 3G operator in Indonesia has announced promotion and replacement some of their high level managements yesterday. The chief executive officer who was held by Kiskenda Suriahardja, currently is held by Sarwoto. Sarwoto was executive general manager of infrastructure division in PT Telkom. Kiskenda is moved to expert member of PT Telkom in the field of marketing.

Telkomsel also replaced the director of planning and development, Mr Syarif Syarial Ahmad with Ms. Herfini Haryono. Herfini was previously Telkomsel vice president for business control. Syarif is moved to  expert member of PT Telkom in the field of technical and operational maintenance.

Mr Eddy Kurnia, PT Telkom vice president of public and marketing communication said that rotation and promotion in PT Telkom are done in accordance with actual requirements in the field.

The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology M. Nuh today has appointed Telkomsel as the winner of USO (Universal Service Obligation) for 3 packets, packet no 1, packet 3 and packet 6. The packets values are $50, $30m and $20m respectively, so the total is around $100m.

Unlike for the packet-2 and packet-7 last week, on packet 1, 3 and 6, Telkomsel is the only participant. When Telkomsel fulfills all the administration requirement, they become the winner.

As a winner, Telkomsel shall provide telecommunication and information access services for villages in these 3 regions. Paket 1 consists of Aceh, North Sumatera and West Sumatera in the area of Sumatera. Packet 3 is Kalimantan area, namely West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan Timur and South Kalimantan (For your information, North Kalimantan is Malaysian Teritorry). Meanwhile packet 6 consist of Bali, Nusa Tenggara Barat and Nusa Tenggara Timur.

Now, we are waiting for packet 4 and packet 5. Will Telkomsel sweep it out? Be patient as the winner will be announced soon. ?

Today, Telkomsel the biggest GSM and 3G operator in Indonesia has been appointed by Ministry of Information and communication as the winner of USO (Universal Service Obligation) for 2 packets, packet no 2 and packet no 7. The packet-2 value is around $30m, while the packet-7 is only around $20m, so the total value for both packets is around $50m.

As a winner, Telkomsel shall provide telecommunication and information access services for villages in both regions. The packet-2 consists of Jambi ( 751 villages ), Riau mainland (701 villages), Riau islands ( 90 villages), Bangka Belitung Islands (141 villages), Bengkulu (969 villages), South Sumatera (1752 villages), Lampung (793 villages). Meanwhile, the packet-7 consists of Banten (530 villages), Jawa Barat (1038 villages), Central Java (1551 villages), DIY (19 villages), East Java(1436 villages).

Winning this tender will be beneficial for Telkomsel as it supports Telkomsel internal program to cover all villages in Indonesia. Congratulation to Telkomsel.