MAP > Internet Providers in Indonesia

Indonesia still does face some of the big challenges if it is to continue building of telecommunications infrastructure needed to be able to support the high population spread over what has been a unique complex geography. The continued progress in the growth of the telecom sector is going to need more government action on the restructuring of the industry. This country has been ranked position 17 on Asian Telecoms Index Maturity Index with a total index score of 33. The country has been ranked position 10 in ‘Market Challengers’ category out of the 16 countries.

The Asian Telecoms Maturity Index has been the index on the scale between 0-100 which measures and also ranks relative maturity of telecoms industry in all 34 countries in the Asian region. About the other Asian nations, the country has a low fixed line as well as the fixed broadband penetration, the moderate mobile broadband penetration as well as the high mobile penetration. The fixed broadband penetration in this country has remained quite low mainly due to the limited number of the fixed lines as well as the dominance of mobile platform. Fixed broadband market has developed slightly over the last five years from the very small base. In the coming five years to the year 2022, moderate development has been expected to progress from the very small base.

The 4G mobile services have been offering the mobile broadband has now advanced Indonesia as well as act as the direct substitute to the fixed line broadband. This has inhibited extra fixed broadband rollouts. The Mobile broadband subscribers have developed rapidly over the last five years in Indonesia; The huge development has been predicted over the coming five years to the year 2022. The wireless-based mobile broadband is aiding to get a large number of people online. It has bypassed the problem of the inferior telecommunications infrastructure which has been the impending fixed broadband expansion. This country mobile market has been able to display huge strong growth over the past five years and in particular during the year 2016 to the year 2018. The growing use of the mobile broadband has been a very important driver of huge development.

The market has enjoyed a very strong increase in the subscribers from the market leader, namely, Telkomsel, that is supported by strong development from the XL Axiata and the Indosat Ooredoo. The industry consolidation has been possible towards the year 2019 as the intense data competition gets to force smaller as well as the unprofitable mobile operators to get pushed out of the market.