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Article: Twelve internet service providers (ISP) enter VoIP business. (Telecommunication).(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
- Article date:
- June 25, 2002
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More companies have joined Telkom, Indosat and Satelindo in the business of operating Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) with 12 companies allowed to operate as VoIP providers. Through VoIP the cost of direct long distance call (SLJJ) and international direct dial (SLI) is cheaper. Illegal operation of VoIP has cut the income of Indosat from international calls--down from Rp 545 billion in the first quarter of 2001 to Rp 522.3 billion in the same period in 2002.
Illegal operators of VoIP use rented international networks to connect calls both outgoing and incoming calls. Rented networks provide connection between VoIP operators in the country and their partners ...