TELIN, a subsidiary of PT Telkom Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom), and TM Wholesale, the wholesale domestic and international business arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strategically collaborate and jointly explore opportunities on subsea cable business arrangements.
The signing ceremony was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai recently, where Telin was represented by its Chief Executive Officer, Budi Satria Dharma Purba (Budi) and TM was represented by the Executive Vice President of TM Wholesale, Amar Huzaimi Md Deris.
This new partnership will further strengthen the Business to Business (B2B) relationship between the two parties and broaden the collaboration while continuing to provide their customers with reliable, diversified and uninterrupted connectivity solutions.
Chief Executive Officer, Budi Satria Dharma Purba (Budi) said, “Telin and TM Wholesale share mutual interests, with the aim of serving our stakeholders with excellence. This time, we are excited to jointly explore opportunities in buying, selling, upgrading and investing activities, especially with regard to subsea cables. Telin’s participation in global connectivity focuses on ensuring reliable connectivity in order to meet surging demand for fast internet due to trends such as flexible working arrangements, video streaming, and gaming. We believe that this collaboration will serve our stakeholders' needs accordingly.”
Meanwhile, Amar Huzaimi Md Deris, Executive Vice President of TM Wholesale, said, “TM Wholesale is committed to deliver greater reachability and resilient connectivity to our customers. This collaboration allows us to gain immediate submarine capacity in response to the growing demand for high bandwidth services. It also gives us more diverse connections and alternative routes connecting Malaysia to the rest of the world, while optimising our existing submarine capacity. Additionally, it will enable us to begin exploring the most cost-effective approach for future submarine cable investment projects that will benefit both parties and this region."
Currently, Telin has 22 submarine cable system, owned and leased, with over 222,260 kilometres, and TM has 30 submarine cable systems, owned and leased, spanning more than 320,000 kilometres around the globe. Together, both parties can leverage on their respective capabilities to provide the highest service performance and best quality experience to all its customers. TM has been a long-standing partner of Telin in many aspects related to business solutions and are mutually delighted to work together in supporting ASEAN and other region’s future digital demands for connectivity, digital infrastructure and solutions.
About Telin (www.telin.net)
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) is a subsidiary of PT Telkom Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom), a state-owned telecommunication and network service provider. Telin focuses on international telecommunication business to manage and develop its business lines abroad. Telin global infrastructures includes 222,260 kilometres of cable system length, among others; 58 Points of Presences (PoP), 11 global offices, and more than 19 Tier II to Tier IV Data Centres operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Timor Leste, and Indonesia. Through Telkom Group strategy together with reliable networks and infrastructures, Telin is able to provide high-quality services that reach all parts of the world in order to Enable Your Global Digital Business and Solution.
About TM WHOLESALE (www.tm.com.my/tmwholesale)
TM WHOLESALE is the wholesale domestic and international business arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), offering a comprehensive range of wholesale communication services and solutions in connectivity and beyond. We are the trusted partner in delivering seamless integrated solutions and infinite possibilities to accelerate customers' connectivity and coverage to the digital world, making innovations possible. As the national digital infrastructure accelerator, TM WHOLESALE is committed to driving Malaysia’s digital economy aspirations through end-to-end and customized wholesale data, connectivity, and platform solutions to Malaysian licensed service providers, enabling them to deliver a high-quality digital experience to the end customers. At the global front, we remain focused on expanding our infrastructure and digital solutions via a partnership ecosystem with global carriers as well as hyperscalers around the world. By enhancing our global connectivity, network infrastructure and collective expertise worldwide, we aim to position Malaysia as the trusted digital hub for the ASEAN region.
About TM (www.tm.com.my)
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), is Malaysia’s leading integrated telco and digital technology Group offering network infrastructure and a comprehensive suite of communication services with solutions in enterprise digitalisation, fixed (telephony and broadband), mobility, content, WiFi, ICT, Cloud and smart services. With a focus on growth, TM is driven by stakeholder value creation, and emphasises delivering an enhanced customer experience via continuous customer service quality improvements and innovations, whilst ensuring increased operational efficiency and productivity.
Committed to a sustainable future and to improving the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the community, TM has set ambitious sustainability targets to track its near- to long-term sustainability performance. Underpinned by strong corporate governance, TM adheres to the highest standards of ethics, integrity and transparency.
For further information on TM, visit www.tm.com.my.