Bakrie’s Fast-Track Cellular Licensing
The long wait for Bakrie Telecom is over. Two weeks ago Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring signed a license in principle granting the right for the subsidiary of the Bakrie Group to be a GSM operator. Many charged the decision ran counter to regulations Sembiring himself issued and signed.
April 27, 2011
THE obsession of Bakrie Telecom (BTEL) to expand into cellular business is expected to become a reality soon. Two weeks ago Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring signed a permit in principle granting the right to BTEL to operate a mobile cellular network. Sembiring signed the permit based on approval taken earlier on March 21 at a plenary meeting of the telecommunications regulatory agency (BRTI).
BTEL need not wait for years
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