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Indosat launches 5G service shortly after rival Telkomsel
Indosat has launched a commercial 5G service in selected areas of Jakarta, Surakarta, Surabaya, Balikpapan and Makassar and plans to expand the high-speed connectivity to five more cities by year-end.
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Indosat Ooredoo president director and CEO Ahmad Al-Neama (left) launches Indosat’s 5G service in Surakarta, Central Java, on June 22. (Courtesy of Indosat/-)
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ndosat has launched a commercial 5G service covering selected areas of five cities and plans to offer the high-speed connectivity in five more cities by year-end.
In the initial stage, the 5G service would be available in parts of Jakarta; Surakarta, Central Java; Surabaya, East Java; Balikpapan, East Kalimantan and Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indosat SVP-head of business planning Shatya Framudia said on Tuesday.
“The service is available at several points of interest, such as schools and City Hall,” he said in an online press conference, “but we will develop the ecosystem and network so that, by year-end, we will add five more cities to the [5G] rollout.”
He went on to say that Indosat clients using 5G-capable smartphones only needed to subscribe to Indosat’s 5G data package. The package currently cost Rp 100,000 (US$6.91), but the company did not reveal the data volume included.
Shatya said telecommunication companies typically set the price for 5G services 20 to 25 percent above that of 4G services. However, he said Indosat was still studying the appropriate price for the Indonesian market.
Meanwhile, Indosat SVP-head of network operations Agus Sulistio Agus said that, during the trial period, the 5G service had reached a top speed of 540 megabits per second (Mbps) with 10-millisecond latency. The company planned to improve its 5G performance, he said, adding that the current speed was “more than enough” for average daily use.
Aside from faster browsing, 5G connections also enable fast video games and support data-intensive augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications.
