History
PT Indosat Tbk was established by the Government on November 10, 1967 as a foreign investment company to provide international telecommunications services in
Following regulatory changes in the Indonesian telecommunications industry in 1999 and 2000, we began implementing a strategy designed to transform us from being Indonesia’s primary international telecommunications provider into a leading, fully integrated telecommunications network and service providerin Indonesia. In 2000, the Government’s introduction of the Telecommunications Law, which encourages industry liberalization, directly impacted our business. In 2001, as part of the Government’s initiative to restructure the telecommunications industry, we entered into an agreement with Telkom to eliminate our respective crossshareholdings in several operating subsidiaries, including:
- our acquisition of Telkom’s 22.5% ownership interest in Satelindo;
- Telkom’s acquisition of our 35.0% ownership interest in Telkomsel; and
- our acquisition of Telkom’s 37.2% ownership interest in Lintasarta and the purchase of Lintasarta’s convertible bonds held by Telkom.
Subsequent to the agreement with Telkom, we acquired an effective 45.0% ownership interest in Satelindo, through our acquisition of PT Bimagraha Telekomindo, or Bimagraha, in 2001 and acquired the remaining 25.0% ownership interest in Satelindo from DeTe Asia in June 2002. To strengthen Satelindo’s capital structure and remove certain restrictive covenants arising from Satelindo’s indebtedness, we made an additional capital contribution to Satelindo totaling US$75.0 million in July 2002.
In August 2002, we entered the domestic telecommunications sector by obtaining a license to provide local fixed network services in the
In December 2002, the Government divested 41.9% of our outstanding Series B shares to a former subsidiary of STT. As of March 31, 2009, the Government owned 14.29% of our outstanding shares, including the one Series A share, and ICLM and ICLS owned approximately 65.0% of our outstanding Series B shares. ICLM and ICLS are owned by Qtel. The remaining 20.71% of our outstanding Series B shares is owned by public shareholders as of March 31, 2009. See “Item 6: Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Share Ownership.”
On November 20, 2003, we merged with Satelindo, Bimagraha and IM3 and all assets and liabilities of such legacy subsidiaries were transferred to us on such date. Since entering the Indonesian cellular market through our acquisition of Satelindo and establishment of IM3 and the subsequent integration of such companies in 2003, cellular services have become the largest contributor to our operating revenues.
On June 22, 2008, Qtel purchased all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each of ICLM and ICLS, pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement dated June 6, 2008 between Qtel and STT, a company incorporated in
Board of Directors
| Harry Sasongko Tirtotjondro Harry Sasongko Tirtotjondro has been the President Director and Chief Executive Officer since August 2009. Mr. Sasongko has previously held the positions of President Director and Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance from 2005 to 2009, where he was recognized as one of |
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| Laszlo Imre Barta
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| Fadzri Santosa Fadzri Sentosa has been a Director since June 2007 and a Director and Chief Wholesale and Infrastructure Officer since June 2009. Currently, Mr. Sentosa is a member of the Board of Commissioners of PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta. Mr. Sentosa has previously held various positions with us, including as member of the Board of Commissioners of PT Indosat Mega Media from 2005 to 2009, Group Head of National Card and Channel Management from 2006 to 2007, Senior Vice President of Commerce, Jabotabek Region from 2005 to 2006 and Senior Vice President of Cellular Sales from 2003 to 2004, member of the Board of Directors of Satelindo in 2003 and a member of the Board of Director of IM3 from 2002 to 2003. Mr. Sentosa received a Master degree in International Business Management from the |
| Peter Wladyslaw Kuncewicz Peter Wladyslaw Kuncewicz has been a Director and our Chief Financial Officer since September 2009. Mr. Kuncewicz has 30 years experience in finance across multiple international markets, 10 of them in the telecommunications sector. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Kuncewicz was the Chief Financial Officer of Telenor |
| Steve Edward Hobbs Stephen Edward Hobbs has been a Director and Chief Technology Officer since June 2009. Mr. Hobbs has assumed the role of CTO for Asiacell in |
Vision & Mission
Vision
To be the provider of choice for information and communication solutions in
- Offering a full range of quality information and communication products, services and solutions.
- Being at customer's "Top-Of-Mind" for the provision of information and communications products, services and solutions.
- Providing products and services which enhance the quality of life of the communities we operate in.
- To provide and develop innovative and quality products, services, and solutions, which offer the best value to our customers.
- To continuously grow shareholder values.
- To provide better quality of life to our stakeholders.