Best Telecom Operators Companies in Indonesia
The 32 best Telecom Operators companies in Indonesia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Link Net.
Our analysis of 50 Telecom Operators companies
$110.6b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Telecom Operators companies in Indonesia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link Net Cable TV, internet, and business consulting services provider | $275M | 184 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1996 | Animate.cssBootstrapGoogle Cloud+18 | — |
| 2 | MyRepublic Fibrer-optic internet and TV services provider | $133M | 40 mo ago | Funding Raised | Malcolm Rodrigues Co-Founder & CEO | 2011 | Cart FunctionalityTurbopackNode.js+18 | — |
| 3 | Smartfren Telecom operator in Indonesia offering 4G LTE Advanced services | — | 112 mo ago | Public | — | 2002 | Node.jsPHPAnimate.css+13 | — |
| 4 | Telkom Indonesia Provider of telephone and internet services | — | 124 mo ago | Public | — | 1884 | PHPGoogle Sign-inCodeIgniter+14 | — |
| 5 | Axis Telecom Inc. Axis Telecom has deployed state-of-the-art Technology at its contact centers. | — | — | — | — | 2008 | — | — |
| 6 | Bakrie Telecom Telecom operator providing CDMA services in Indonesia | — | — | Funding Raised | — | 2003 | LiteSpeedGoogle Font APIShareThis+3 | — |
| 7 | Bali Wifi Rental Pocket WiFi hotspot rental services provider | — | — | Deadpooled | Simon Landsheer Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 8 | Biznet Networks FIber optic operator offering internet, network, data center and cable TV services | — | — | Public | — | 2000 | WordPressMySQLZoho+25 | — |
Top 4 Telecom Operators companies in Indonesia
#1
Funding Raised · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 2011$133Mraised▾
MyRepublic is an internet service provider which caters to residential and business customers in Indonesia. It offers fiber-optic broadband internet access (with data speeds up to 500 Mbps), multiple speed based internet plans, TV services, installation, maintenance, and support services. It also provides these services through its own fiber-optic network.
- Jul 2023Conventional Debt$133M
#2
Acquired · Jakarta, Indonesia · founded 1996 · 891 employees$275Mraised▾
Link Net (previously known as Seruling Indah Permai) provides cable TV and broadband internet services to the business as well residential customers. It operates a two-way hybrid fiber optic coaxial cable (”HFC”) network. For residential customers, it offers high-speed Internet broadband services under the FastNet brand and subscription based cable TV products under the HomeCable brand. For business customers, it offers data communications under DataComm brand.
#3
Public · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 2002 · 2802 employees—raised▾
Smartfren is a telecom operator in Indonesia offering services to consumer and businesses. It provides prepaid and postpaid mobile services on 4G LTE Advanced network and is the first company to offer VoLTE service in Indonesia. It also offers smartphones, CDMA USB modem and Mini wireless routers. The company was previously known as PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk (Mobile-8) and PT Smart Telecom.
- 2017Post IPO—
- 2014Post IPO—
#4
Public · Jakarta, Jakarta · founded 1884 · 23876 employees—raised▾
Telkom Indonesia provides landline, mobile, broadband and TV services in Indonesia. Landline services include local and international calling. Through Telkomsel it provides mobile services (3G and LTE). IndiHome is a triple play service that includes broadband services along with IPTV (Usee TV Cable and useeTV.com) and landline. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $9.83B and a net profit of $1.4B.
Funding & investor landscape
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Telecom Operators coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Indonesia
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 202 Indonesia-affiliated papers.
- Telkom University39
- Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology24
- Bandung Institute of Technology18
- Universitas Borneo Tarakan10
- Universitas Gadjah Mada9
- Beamforming2→8
- MIMO4→7
- Antenna (radio)1→4
- MIMO14→43
- Beamforming14→42
- Antenna (radio)3→27
- Electronic engineering9→25
- Microstrip antenna1→9
- Beamforming5
- MIMO4
- Transmitter2
- Electronic engineering2
- Bit error rate2
Where 5g 6g is researched across Indonesia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.