THE government should seize the opportunity arising from the decision by Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. and CK Hutchison Holdings Limited to combine their business units in Indonesia. Consolidation of the currently stagnant Indonesian telecommunications sector would become more focused with this merger.

The merger of two cell phone operators, Indosat Ooredoo and Hutchison 3 Indonesia, has not been an easy process. The companies from Qatar and Hong Kong, respe