Faulty Connections

The activities of VoIP operators Gaharu Sejahtera and Atlasat Solusindo could mean losses amounting to trillions of rupiah for Telkom.

July 9, 2002

THERE'S a distinctly fishy smell emanating from the document. It suggests that Gaharu Sejahtera and Atlasat Solusindo, two Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) operators, both suspected to be owned by businessman Kwee Sui Teng, have been in collusion with several officials at PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. (Telkom), in order to obtain super-cheap interconnection tariffs. As a result, both companies are making profits while Telkom, in which th

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