Telecommunications Infrastructure Network Sharing Policy Need Regulation Supplement

The government must be careful in determining the policy of the telecommunications network infrastructure sharing among operators or network sharing. Because if not, then the development of infrastructure in remote areas threatened a standstill.

This was revealed by the lecturer in the Department of Economics and Business Universitas Gadjah Mada, Fahmy Radhi, in a discussion entitled "Implementation 'Network Sharing' in Competition", some time ago.

For your information, network sharing is one of the policies that will be included in the framework of the revision of Government Regulation (PP) concerning the operation of telecommunications (PP 52 in 2000) and Regulation 53 of 2000 on the frequency and satellite orbit.

The government continues its efforts to encourage the revision of the two PP with the intention that the network sharing policies are implemented immediately.

Fahmy judge, if the government really set the network sharing policy, then the policy is classified as premature.

Therefore, before implementing network sharing, the government should first maturity could create a network capable of reaching consumers in all regions of the country (mature network).

Also, the government should shorten the abyss of inter-operator network ownership, which is still low (low coverage gap).

But if network sharing is actually enforced, Fahmy requested that the government wants to create a new regulation as an additional regulation.

Additional regulation should be able to force all operators of telecommunications network operators, such as Indosat and XL, to want to build networks in remote and border areas are somewhat unfavorable.

Additional regulation also set appropriate compensation for owners of telecommunications networks have been first to build in the area.

"Before the network sharing is implemented, the government should make the first blueprint for the development of the telecommunications industry in Indonesia. The goal is that efficiency is aspired in the telecommunications industry can be achieved," he said.

Changing the Telecommunications Act

Experts Science of Legislation Sony Maulana Sikumbang have a different opinion. He suggested that the government wants to change the existing Telecommunications Act than to revise PP.

He assessed the existing telecommunications law can no longer accommodate the needs of the telecommunications industry.

According to him, if the government changed the law to resort to patchwork, then the national interest as anti-monopoly and unfair competition will be neglected.

"Changes in government regulation arrangement is not only limited to PP alone. I think the PP changes to streamline the network sharing is done by the current government is not enough, "he said.