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One of the factors that have led to the rapid growth of the telecommunications industry in the Philippines is the government’s effort to privatize the sector. This has led a level playing ground and has forced companies to give better service and satisfy its customers. In Indonesia, PT Telkom, the state owned enterprise would continue to have monopoly power until the year 2002. Therefore, the Indonesian government should privatize and deregulate many of its sectors in order to increase the development of those sectors. In telecommunication, Indonesia has sold part
of the government's equity in its international communication firm (INDOSAT)
and its domestic communication firm (TELKOM). This latter privatization
will result in millions of new phone lines all
Radio broadcast stations and radio sets were numerous
in Indonesia in the early 1990's. There were some 530 medium-waves,
around 140 short-waves, and
Statistics of TV Stations, Cable/Satellite Television, FM/AM Stations: TV Stations: 6 Cable/Satellit Television: 1 FM Radio Stations: 35 AM Radio Stations: 5 Source: http://www.asiagateway.com/indonesia/radiotv/index.html
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