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Google backs Indosat's new internet service
All about speed: Indosat Ooredoo president director and CEO Alexander Rusli (left), chief new business and innovation officer Prashant Gokarn (right) and Google Indonesia head of marketing Veronica Utami at the launch of GIG Home Internet Service in Jakarta on Thursday
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All about speed: Indosat Ooredoo president director and CEO Alexander Rusli (left), chief new business and innovation officer Prashant Gokarn (right) and Google Indonesia head of marketing Veronica Utami at the launch of GIG Home Internet Service in Jakarta on Thursday. The new service offers a 1GBps internet connection, Chromecast streaming equipment, Chromebook laptop and Google Drive account.(JP/Ricky Yudhistira) (left), chief new business and innovation officer Prashant Gokarn (right) and Google Indonesia head of marketing Veronica Utami at the launch of GIG Home Internet Service in Jakarta on Thursday. The new service offers a 1GBps internet connection, Chromecast streaming equipment, Chromebook laptop and Google Drive account.(JP/Ricky Yudhistira)
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span class="inline inline-center">All about speed: Indosat Ooredoo president director and CEO Alexander Rusli (left), chief new business and innovation officer Prashant Gokarn (right) and Google Indonesia head of marketing Veronica Utami at the launch of GIG Home Internet Service in Jakarta on Thursday. The new service offers a 1GBps internet connection, Chromecast streaming equipment, Chromebook laptop and Google Drive account.(JP/Ricky Yudhistira)
Telecommunications operator Indosat Ooredoo has agreed to team up with technology giant Google to support the company's new home internet services.
Indosat Ooredoo launched on Thursday its new GIG Home Internet Service, which enables users to enjoy internet speeds of up to 1GB per second on their home devices. The company will utilize full fiber optic connections for the new internet service.
The Google partnership will offer customers a bundling option in the form of Google's Chromecast streaming service, a new Google Chromebook laptop and up to 50 GB of free Google Drive storage for users subscribing to GIG's multiple packet data options.
Google Indonesia head of marketing Vanessa Utami explained that it would be the first time the Google Chromecast service would be officially available in Indonesia. 'With this partnership, GIG subscribers will be able to enjoy their networks to the maximum degree,' she said at the launch on Thursday.
Indosat's chief new business and innovation officer Prashant Gokarn said that the new service would enable users to access the many video services associated with Chromecast, including Netflix, Iflix, Hooq or Youtube.
'We aim to deliver a service in which our users can access quality content,' Gokarn said on Thursday. Indosat Ooredoo CEO Alexander Ruslie described the GIG as another method for Indosat Ooredoo to develop the nation's internet ecosystem and also a method that further pushed the company toward its goal to become the main digital telecommunications provider in Indonesia.
The GIG service follows Indosat Ooredoo's previous efforts to reach this goal, such as the launching of their new 4G/LTE network in November 2015, and its partnership with cellphone distributor PT Erajaya to distribute their products in Erajaya retail stores.
'This GIG service is a continuation of our desire to help build the Indonesia Digital Nation. We are now able to provide better access to the internet in many households, thus better linking Indonesian households with the world's digital entertainment,' Alex said.
GIG has been implemented gradually over the last nine months, with demand mostly coming from high-density residential areas such as apartments in Greater Jakarta and Bandung. This year, the company plans to expand the GIG service to more households in Surabaya, Makassar, Balikpapan, Yogyakarta and Bali.
Indosat said earlier that it would also offer bundling packages to make it easier for users to migrate to high-speed broadband.
The new package would also eliminate 'unnecessary tariffs', such as increased fares when users use their data quotas in a different region of Indonesia. In some cities and towns, data fares are higher than in others due to factors such as mediocre infrastructure.
Qatar-based telecommunication giant Ooredoo has a majority 65 percent stake in Indosat, with a 14.9 percent share owned by the government and the remainder by private investors.
