Thanks to ultra low-cost handsets and affordable tariffs, Indonesia with more than 16.3 million CDMA2000 subscribers is leading the Southeast Asia market for 3G CDMA subscriber growth, as of Q1 2008, says the CDMA Development Group.

Indonesia’s CDMA2000 operators are Telkom Flexi (PT Telkom), StarOne (Indosat), Smart Telecom, Fren (Mobile-8 Telecom), Esia (Bakrie Telecom), and Ceria (Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia or STI). By March 2008, the total number of CDMA2000 subscribers among all six carriers exceeded 16.3 million, up from 14.4 million at the end of 2007 and 7.8 million at the end of 2006. It represents annual growth rates of 53% and 85%, respectively. Indonesia has the highest number of CDMA subscribers in Southeast Asia.

CDMA2000 is a widely deployed 3G technology, with 258 operators in 98 countries catering to over 438 million subscribers.

The CDMA Development Group is a trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation, and use of CDMA2000 technologies. The Group has over 130 member companies, including wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers.

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