The logic of Indonesia's fixed-line broadband race

摘要

Indonesia is seeing significant investment in fixed broadband access networks as operators are rolling out next generation fiber and cable networks. Whilst the perception might be that Indonesia is a mobile dominated market, investments in fixed networks from a number of operators, particularly the incumbent Telkom Indonesia, are at significant levels. Telkom has been the largest investor in FTTx, covering 13.2 million homes at the end of 2014, equivalent to around 20% of the total. The rollout strategy involves a mix of FTTH and FTTC architectures. Telkom Indonesia is also facing competition from cable operator Link Net, which has upgraded to a DOCSIS 3.0 network. Link Net has been increasing its footprint, growing from 933,000 homes passed at the end of 2012 to 1.4 million at the end of 2014. Another player is MNC Kabel Mediacom, which is aiming to pass two million homes in at least ten cities with GPON FTTH. By the end of 2014 the company was already constructing the network for one million of the two million homes passed total.