Mobile-8 is a cellular operator which was established in December 2002. which responded to the ever increasing need of mobile communication services in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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The Mobile-8 product called Fren was launched on the 8th December 2003. Currently the company has over two million subscribers and is growing fast.

In the process of deploying the technology, Mobile-8 strategically teams up with Qualcomm

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

 as its supplier of the CDMA technology and Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF

KTF

KTF was a South Korean telecommunications firm, now merged into Korea Telecom, specializing in cellular, or mobile, phones. Since 1999, it has also developed extensive overseas operations. The company is credited with developing customised ring back tones...

) as its Operation & Maintenance consultant.

Mobile-8 deploys CDMA2000 1x and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology which is supported by close to 465 BTS within Java

Java

Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...

 and surrounding islands. Currently the company has plans to expand throughout the Indonesian archipelago within the next year or two starting with Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

, Kalimantan

Kalimantan

In English, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while in Indonesian, the term "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo....

, and Sulawesi

Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...

Products (until March

March

March is in present time held to be the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of the seven months which are 31 days long....

 2010)

• Fren
• Hepi
• Mobi

Since March 2010,there Mobile-8's products has integrated with Smart to form Smartfren.

Owner

PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk is 67% owned by PT Global Mediacom Tbk until 2009.Since 2009, Mobile-8 is owned by Sinar Mas Group

Sinar Mas Group

Sinar Mas Group is one of the largest conglomerates in Indonesia. It was formed in 1962. It has many subsidiaries including Asia Pulp & Paper and palm oil producer PT SMART....

 who owned Smart Telecom

Smart Telecom

Smart Telecom is an Irish telecom operator that started as a phone card seller. It is also the third largest provider of cost-sensitive telecom services sector in Ireland, behind the incumbent operator Eircom and BT Ireland. It currently has an estimated 50,000 land-line customers and 18,000...

and in 2011, PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk is renamed into PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk.

External links

• Official website