Frost & Sullivan predicted that Indonesia will still have poor penetration on broadband access up until 2012. "By 2012, broadband penetration on household industries is figured to only have three percent of increase," said Eugene.
Iwan Rachmat, Frost & Sullivan Indonesia Senior Consultant of Information & Communication, said the low penetration is due to the high broadband tariff.
The 2 MBPS package in the country is tagged at US$87.03 per month with average cut of five percent. In Malaysia, for instance, the broadband access is set at US$51.64 per month with free modem.
Meanwhile, Philippines offers US$43.27 per month for 2 MBPS package with free IP TV preview and international calls cut. Thailand provides the lowest tariff at US$21.32 with 2-5 percent of discount.
Frost & Sullivan writes on a report entitled "The Emergence of a New Wireless Broadband Service Provider" that China and Peru are showing huge potential of growth on broadband penetration.
"Given the population of 1.35 billion, a penetration to China is a perfect choice," said James Brehm, Frost & Sullivan Senior Consultant of Information and Communication Technologies.
Peru is considered a growing wireless broadband market where internet usage rose 25 percent of the total population in 2008.
