Novina Putri Bestari, CNBC Indonesia
Tech
Wednesday, 04/10/2023 20:20 IWST
Photo: Cellular Operator Retail Seller (CNBC Indonesia/ Tri Susilo)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Tariff wars between cellular operators are still going on. However, what is happening now is said to be better than the GSM and CDMA era, where prices were reduced to IDR 1.
“Now it’s better than in the 2010s, when the GSM vs CDMA tariff used to be IDR 1 and it would be tough if the tariff war was like that again,” said Member of the All Indonesian Telecommunications Providers Association (ATSI), Rudi Purwanto when met in Jakarta, Monday (2/10 ) Then.
Meanwhile, for now, he explained that his condition was much better. Although competition between players remains high.
“The example I mentioned earlier is IDR 6,000 for 1 GB, which is much smaller than in other countries which is IDR 20 thousand or even IDR 32 thousand,” he said.
Cellular operators also want to discuss service rates with the government. Rudi explained that this was related to price restructuring so it could make the industry better.
However, Rudi added, price restructuring must be followed by quality. So it will also have an impact on all existing aspects.
The operator is also still evaluating the optimal price. Because according to him, there are many components to get the best price for the industry.
“What we can do now is benchmarking first. But until now we are still evaluating to get the exact numbers,” explained Rudi.
Rudi was also asked about incentives for operators planned by the government to optimize the 5G network. Rudi explained that there were several suggestions related to this, for example getting reimbursement to reduce the cost of telecommunications operator rights or BHP.
“So for example, in the first year after the auction we pay
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