Telkomsel as part of TELKOMGroup, in Quarter I/2012 showed positive growth. Telkomsel earned revenues of Rp12, 30 trillion or an increase of 9 percent compared to the quarter I/2011 while net profit grew to Rp 3.51 trillion or 23 percent. EBITDA reached Rp 7.08 trillion, or grew 13.30 percent to 57.50 percent margin.
"Son of other companies engaged in the business of telecommunication, information, media and edutainment (TIME) as Mitratel, MetraGroup, TelkomVision, Pins, GSD also showed revenue growth of 55.40 percent in nominal terms although its contribution has not been great," Telkom president director Rinaldi Firmansyah, Thursday (04/26/2012) in Jakarta.
As the company's revenue and profit growth, the number of subscribers is also growing: mobile subscribers (Telkomsel) reached 109.88 million or 10.60 per cent growth; wire line subscribers reached 8.69 million or 4.20 percent growth; Flexi subscribers reached 15, 12 million, down 19.20 percent.
"Special decline Flexi customers, we can explain it to a termination of the customer is not productive to be evaluated at regular intervals. To improve the quality of the service in October 2011 Flexi, Telkom roll out mobile broadband services with technology Evolution Data Optimized (EVDO) which received a positive response from customers . In the three months to March 2012, the number of EVDO subscribers reached 103 000, "said Rinaldi Firmansyah.
Meanwhile, the number of broadband subscribers reached 10.47 million or 35.90 percent growth over the same period last year. Mobile broadband subscribers (Flash) reached 5.24 million or 20.90 percent growth, fixed broadband subscribers (Speedy) reached 1.88 million or 5.20 percent growth, reaching 3.35 million Blackberry subscribers or grew 111.90 percent.
"We believe TELKOMGroup already begun to rise due to the transformation of the company,conducted several years ago has begun to be felt I/2012 quarter results on this, "said Rinaldi Firmansyah.