JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), subsidiary of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLKM), booked net profit of Rp19.4 trillion in 2014, grew by 11.8% from 2013. While revenue grew by 10.4% to Rp66.25 trillion.
Telkomsel allocates Rp12.9 trillion for capital expenditure (capex) for this year, to fund the construction of 15,000 units of new base tranceiver station (BTS). Currently Telkomsel operates 85,000 BTS.
In 2014, legacy business segment (SMS and voice) contributed about 70% of revenue while digital and broadband services contributed the rest. Revenue of legacy business only grew by 5% last year while revenue of digital business jumped 34% with data traffic growing 143%.