PT Telkom Indonesia ( Persero ) Tbk or TelkomGroup , is working to become a fully digital telecommunications service provider , and has a masterplan to be a major player in the global market by 2020
TelkomGroup ’ s new stateof-the-art headquarters in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta epitomises everything which the company is evolving into – and helps to reinforce its goal of being the “ king of digital in the region ”.
And according to Telkom Indonesia ’ s Chief Technology Officer , Abdus Somad Arief , it is well on course to achieve that aim .
He reckons the company is almost where it wants to be in terms of ‘ digitising ’ itself but that is by no means the only goal for the group .
“ Our target is that we expect to be in the top ten for telecommunications company in the region , in terms of market capitalisation ,” he says .
“ We have two main areas in which to develop , the first is the legacy business . We are building an international backbone , from Europe to the United States , as well as a domestic backbone – and one of our long term goal is to be the international hub between those two continents and this region .
“ By hub , we mean that in two main senses : traffic , as in voice traffic and so on ; and the network itself . So we will provide networks from Europe and around the world , and will also be monetising or bringing networks to Indonesia , to ensure that this will be our global hub ,” Abdus continues .
“ We have a roadmap to see that dream through , and we are now on the way to getting there , step-by-step .
“ Firstly , we want to become one of the top ten tier network providers in the world , and we believe it will be achieved by 2020 .
“ And secondly , through the network development , which should be finished by next year ,” Abdus explains .
Essentially , TelkomGroup is transforming into a completely digital telecommunications
112 July 2017