Indonesia

Qatar Telecom will proceed with its original tender offer of IDR7,388 (US$0.67) per share to acquire a majority holding in Indonesia's second-ranked telecoms operator Indosat.... 2008-12-29

PT Excelcomindo (XL) has announced plans for a US$700mn CAPEX for 2009 with the funds being used to expand network capacity by deploying new base transceiver stations (BTS) throughout... 2008-11-21

Indonesia's fourth largest mobile operator, Bakrie Telecom, has announced plans to sell its 543 telecommunication towers and hopes to raise as much as US$32.5mn. The move is intended... 2008-11-18

Hong Kong-based mobile operator Hutchison Telecom International Ltd (HTIL) has announced a cash dividend of HKD7 per share, amounting to HKD33.7bn (US$4.35bn). The windfall is the... 2008-11-14

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), the largest telecoms company in South-East Asia, has announced its second quarter profits for the 2008-2009 financial year. The company saw... 2008-11-12

Axis, Indonesia's smallest mobile operator by subscriber figures and controlled by Saudi Telecom, has awarded a network expansion and managed services contract to Ericsson of... 2008-10-27

Tough operating conditions in the Indonesian telecoms market are forcing Telkom, the state-owned incumbent to look overseas for additional growth. Under the establishment of an overseas... 2008-10-23

Investment firms US-based Saratoga Capital and Recapital of Indonesia have emerged as potential buyers of Excelcomindo's lease tower business. The third-ranked Indonesian mobile... 2008-09-17

Multi Kontrol Nusantara (MKN), a subsidiary of Bakrie Telecom, Indonesia's fourth largest mobile operator by subscriber numbers, has awarded an IPTV contract to BNS, an IP solutions... 2008-07-17

The auction of Indonesian operator Excelcomindo's mobile phone towers has come under scrutiny after a Reuters report suggested that changes in the country's foreign ownership rules... 2008-05-27