Telecommunication technology is growing very fast, from telegraph technology where codes transmitted and translated manually, until now the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) concept is established. The last is known as the basic implementation of the third generation technology of telecommunication that usually called by 3G. This growth is definitely triggered by the growth of needs in telecommunication, either for business, military, or daily communication. The basic needs that trigger the establishment of UMTS is the concept of anytime, anywhere, and anything. It means that whenever . we want, wherever we are, we could do the any kind of communication (voice, data/internet, picture/multimedia, video streaming, broadcasting). As the solution, there are many kinds of telecommunication technologies. One of them is called by cellular system.
Cellular technology is one of Mobile Services (define by ITU, Regulation 1994) that make people can communicate while they are in moving. Because of the telecommunication especially cellular always growing fast, then it’ll be necessary need to be regulated by independently under government authority.
There are several reasons below that can explain why we must need the government’s regulation :
- Because the cellular system still use the frequency spectrum that is a very limited resource of a country
- For the healthy of the nation (solve the public needs)
- Because the telecommunication business needed in race the economic growth of a country
The existence of regulator in a country is a must. In several countries, the function of this organization directly handled by one department/ministry (infocom-information and communication, Postel-Post and Telecommunication). In several countries, the regulator is an independent organization. These all depend on the policies of each government. The regulator that makes policies such as : Oftel (Office Telecommunication) in England, Telekom Control in Austria, ERT (Telecommunication Regulatory Authority) in Albania, ACA (Australian Communication Authority) in Aaustralia, Jabatan Telekom in Brunei Darussalam, ART (Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications) in France, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore in Singapore, ICASA (The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) in South Africa, dan and also BRTI (Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia) in Indonesia. Whereas, for international scale there is ITU (International Telecommunication Union) as a guidance in telecommunication.
Policies made by government (as a regulator) are very affected in cellular industry. For example, one of the policy implemented in Indonesia, that the implemented of CDMA and GSM-3G based on tender (not only incumbent operators could do these services). This makes new comers to enter the markets. This regulation makes the market growing faster as long with the fast evolution of technology that inline with the needs of variously in telecommunication services. This shown by the occurred of new comers in telecommunication business in Indonesia now, such as : Natrindo, Hutchison CP Telecom, Sinar Mas Telecom, Bakrie Telecom, Sampoerna Telecom, Mobile-8 beside the incumbent operators like : Telkomsel, Excelcomindo Pratama, Indosat, and TELKOM. With the oligopoly policy in telecommunication sector, the telecommunication market size in Indonesia will be rapidly grow. Not only the operators becoming bigger, but also the network vendor and mobile phone vendor.
We can see this growth from the fact that in last June 2006 there are 50 millions cellular users. And now, there are about 95.5 millions users.
Cellular technology is one of Mobile Services (define by ITU, Regulation 1994) that make people can communicate while they are in moving. Because of the telecommunication especially cellular always growing fast, then it’ll be necessary need to be regulated by independently under government authority.
There are several reasons below that can explain why we must need the government’s regulation :
- Because the cellular system still use the frequency spectrum that is a very limited resource of a country
- For the healthy of the nation (solve the public needs)
- Because the telecommunication business needed in race the economic growth of a country
The existence of regulator in a country is a must. In several countries, the function of this organization directly handled by one department/ministry (infocom-information and communication, Postel-Post and Telecommunication). In several countries, the regulator is an independent organization. These all depend on the policies of each government. The regulator that makes policies such as : Oftel (Office Telecommunication) in England, Telekom Control in Austria, ERT (Telecommunication Regulatory Authority) in Albania, ACA (Australian Communication Authority) in Aaustralia, Jabatan Telekom in Brunei Darussalam, ART (Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications) in France, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore in Singapore, ICASA (The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) in South Africa, dan and also BRTI (Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia) in Indonesia. Whereas, for international scale there is ITU (International Telecommunication Union) as a guidance in telecommunication.
Policies made by government (as a regulator) are very affected in cellular industry. For example, one of the policy implemented in Indonesia, that the implemented of CDMA and GSM-3G based on tender (not only incumbent operators could do these services). This makes new comers to enter the markets. This regulation makes the market growing faster as long with the fast evolution of technology that inline with the needs of variously in telecommunication services. This shown by the occurred of new comers in telecommunication business in Indonesia now, such as : Natrindo, Hutchison CP Telecom, Sinar Mas Telecom, Bakrie Telecom, Sampoerna Telecom, Mobile-8 beside the incumbent operators like : Telkomsel, Excelcomindo Pratama, Indosat, and TELKOM. With the oligopoly policy in telecommunication sector, the telecommunication market size in Indonesia will be rapidly grow. Not only the operators becoming bigger, but also the network vendor and mobile phone vendor.
We can see this growth from the fact that in last June 2006 there are 50 millions cellular users. And now, there are about 95.5 millions users.
The policy of not restrict the technologies is also affected in the telecommunication industry growth. For example, there are several newest technologies such as : GPRS, 3G, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), and the next soon will be implemented is Wimax (Worldwide Interoperabillity for Microwave Access. The services that can be build from this technologies such as : Video Call, TV Mobile, and Mobile Banking. The last show us that the telecommunication technologies also supporting to the growth of banking business in Indonesia.
As the growing of telecommunication industry and the more competitively in cellular industry, the government should make the policies very carefully and also wise by still keep in the principal of transparency and independency. Thus the telecommunication service can be provided for the welfare of Indonesian people.
As the growing of telecommunication industry and the more competitively in cellular industry, the government should make the policies very carefully and also wise by still keep in the principal of transparency and independency. Thus the telecommunication service can be provided for the welfare of Indonesian people.
