Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest telecom operator, has upgraded its GSM and 3G HSPA+ network across the country using NSN’s radio and core network enabling its customers to enjoy higher quality voice and data services with improved network capacity, speed and coverage. In addition, NSN provided its refarming services for the 1800 MHz GSM band, helping Telkomsel successfully provide 4G LTE services for the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) CEO Summit in Bali, Indonesia, from October 1 to 8. For the LTE network for the APEC summit, NSN provided Telkomsel with its comprehensive LTE infrastructure including Single RAN, Evolved Packet Core* (EPC) platform, and its Home Subscriber Server (HSS) to support LTE user authentication and authorization.
“The 4G LTE services that we offered during an international event such as APEC Summit, demonstrates our readiness to expand the broadband network in Indonesia. It is also a statement to the world that Indonesia is ready to implement the technology, and by implementing the technology in the country, we are going to support the economic development in Indonesia,” said Alex J. Sinaga, Chief Executive Officer of Telkomsel. “Our longstanding technology partner, NSN, helped us upgrade our existing GSM and 3G network across the country as well as deploy a reliable LTE network smoothly in Bali.”
“The deployment of an LTE network for the APEC summit further strengthened our well-established partnership with Telkomsel,” said Dharmesh Malhotra, head of sub-region at NSN Indonesia. “We have a solid grasp of the operator’s requirements as well as its roadmaps for the future. We have therefore upgraded Telkomsel’s existing network to provide better quality voice and data services and enhance the experience for its customers, and prepared its network to launch LTE services in the near future.” Read More 'NSN helps Telkomsel upgrade GSM, 3G network & provide Indonesia’s first public LTE services'
