Word of 4G LTE roll outs has been plentiful these past few years. The government, through the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, has aimed to wrap up regulations on this technology by the end of this year at the latest. Telkomsel, which had ran a trial for 4G network during the APEC Summit in Bali last year, is ready to deploy its own 4G network by the end of 2014 or early 2015. The company has chosen Bali as the first to receive the roll out. Continue reading Bali Will Be Telkomsel’s First 4G LTE Roll Out
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Hutchison’s Tri Launches BIMA, an App to Alert Mobile Subscribers of Their Impending Data Limit
Indonesian mobile subscribers on Hutchison’s Tri network can now check and top up their Internet quota and be alerted to usage limits using BIMA, short for Broadband Internet Mobile App, which is available now on the App Store, Google Play, and BlackBerry App World, but it’s not available for Windows Phone. At least not yet. No word as to whether it will be available for Microsoft’s mobile OS.
Can’t Wait For LTE With iPhone 5? Hold Your Horses
Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile network technology has arrived on the iPhone with the announcement of iPhone 5. Sure, you could say that Apple is late to the party since several Android and Windows Phone devices have had LTE support for a while, but when you really think about it, how many networks have rolled out LTE around the world and how many markets are being served by the super high speed connection that LTE brings? On top of that, can you use LTE when you’re traveling abroad? Indonesian iPhone 5 users may be out of luck regardless.
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