Bridge Alliance Welcomes Telkomcel as 13th Member

SINGAPORE, July 9 (Bernama) -- Bridge Alliance, the leading alliance made of top-tier mobile operators, on Tuesday announced Telkomcel as its newest member. Telkomcel provides mobile services in Timor-Leste. With Telkomcel joining the alliance as its 13th member, the group combined customer base will now exceed 500 million mobile subscribers, strengthening its position as a mobile alliance, it said in a statement. Telkomcel was established last Sept 17 and since its official launch on Jan 17 this year, it has attracted more than 60,000 mobile subscribers and will soon provide coverage to 95 per cent of Timor-Leste. The company is the only mobile operator in Timor-Leste that provides the latest 2G and 3G technology under its coverage, and is one of the greenest mobile operators in the world that uses green technology like fuelcell and solar photovoltaics. Bridge Alliance is a partnership of 13 leading mobile operators: Airtel (India), AIS (Thailand), CSL (Hong Kong), CTM (Macau), Globe Telecom (Philippines), Maxis (Malaysia), MobiFone (Vietnam), SingTel Mobile (Singapore), Optus Mobile (Australia), SK Telecom (South Korea), Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan), Telkomcel (Timor-Leste), and Telkomsel (Indonesia). Bridge Alliance operates through a Singapore-incorporated joint venture company, Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd. --BERNAMA