leading Indonesia telecommunication operator has claimed that if network sharing was allowed by the government, it could reduce investment costs by 40 percent.
The Communications and Information Ministry had prepared at the beginning of the year to allow network sharing with the Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) scheme, despite a regulation permitting the scheme had yet to be issued.
“We have been waiting the rule to be implemented. With the MOCN scheme we can reduce investment costs,” President director Dian Siswarini told The Jakarta Post on the sidelines of a Post event, Accelerating Infrastructure Development, on Tuesday.
Dian said XL Axiata had cooperated with Indosat Oreedoo to share a 4G LTE network in four cities using Muti Operator Radio Access Network (MORAN). One radio transmitter handling two operators resulted in 20 percent cost efficiency.
“The quicker the rule is issued, the quicker we can plan. We need to reach 50.2 percent internet penetration by 2019,” Dian said. (dan)
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