Indonesian mobile operator Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) plans to launch LTE-based 4G services by end-2014. The Indonesian ministry of communications and information has granted Telkomsel a license for provision of 4G services on the local market, Antara News reports, citing Telkomsel sales director Masud Khamid. Telkomsel will initially offer LTE services in Bali, and will then extend the 4G offering to 6 other large Indonesian cities, Khamid added. "We choose Bali because Bali is the most visited place by foreign tourists," he said. "After Bali, in the first quarter of 2015 the 4G service would be launched in six other big cities in the country including Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Yogyakarta, and Manado," Masud added.
