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Indonesia's Telkom to provide TV shows on demand service in 2010
JAKARTA, Nov 06, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Indonesian government-run
telecommunications company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom)
is planning to provide TV on demand service for its internet
subscribers through its internet protocol system next year, the
Jakarta Globe reported here on Friday.
Telkom expressed confidence that its new Internet Protocol
Television (IPTV) service would attract millions of users over the
next few years.
"The service will be operational next year, and after two to
three years, we aim to have attracted around 40 percent of our 8.7
million fixed-line subscribers," Rinaldi Firmansyah, Telkom's
president director, said Thursday.
IPTV, or Internet-based television, allows users to watch TV
programs on demand, either through pay TV set-top boxes or through
their computers.
Telkom will use its existing telephone cables to deliver the
service via Telkom's Pay TV system, Telkomvision, or via the
Internet to customers' computers.
To prepare for IPTV system, Telkom has spent 1 trillion (105
million U.S. dollars) to upgrade its infrastructure, Rinaldi said.
He said that Telkom currently has around a million phone lines
that can use the IPTV system.
IPTV will initially be available only in Jakarta, but will be
offered in five more areas, including Surabaya, Medan and Bali, by
2011, he said.
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