T

he development of the Jakarta Tower began in 1997.

Located in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Jakarta Tower was at that time designed to be the tallest freestanding tower in the world's southern hemisphere, standing 558 meters tall up to the antenna once it completed.

The construction of the tower, which was estimated to take up Rp 1.2 trillion in 1997, had to be halted due to Asian economic crisis.

As soon as the Indonesian economy recovered in 2003, the Jakarta Tower construction was resumed under a company called Bethany Church Management.

The tower is designed to be a commercial, multimedia, and broadcasting center, where all television transmitters and cellular operators BTS (base transceiver station) would be located.