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Telstra in Talks with San Miguel Corporation

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Perusahaan telekomunikasi berbasis di Australia, Telstra Corporation Limited, baru-baru ini mengonfirmasi bahwa mereka sedang dalam pembicaraan kemitraan strategis dengan San Miguel Corporation (SMC) untuk kemungkinan investasi pada bisnis nirkabel konglomerasi tersebut.

Ramon Ang, Presiden dan Kepala Operasional SMC, juga mengkonfirmasi negosiasi yang sedang berlangsung dengan perusahaan telekomunikasi terbesar di Australia melalui pesan teks kepada Reuters.

Meskipun perwakilan dari kedua belah pihak mengonfirmasi negosiasi tersebut, tidak ada yang memberikan rincian lebih lanjut. Namun, sumber menyatakan bahwa diskusi antara dua raksasa ini telah berlangsung selama beberapa bulan sebelum konfirmasi baru-baru ini, dan tak lama lagi kedua perusahaan akhirnya akan mencapai kesepakatan.

Kesepakatan yang saling menguntungkan bagi kedua perusahaan

Dalam sebuah wawancara yang dilakukan oleh Sydney Morning Herald dengan Sachin Gupta, Kepala Regional Riset Telekomunikasi di Nomura, Gupta menyatakan bahwa kedua perusahaan akan mendapat manfaat dari usaha patungan ini. “Telstra memang kurang memiliki pengalaman di pasar berkembang”, namun memiliki kekayaan pengalaman di segmen telekomunikasi. San Miguel, di sisi lain, “adalah konglomerasi yang berpengaruh dengan kepemilikan spektrum yang memadai, yang merupakan hal baik, tetapi memiliki rekam jejak yang lemah pada upaya telco sebelumnya”.

Infrastruktur Jaringan yang Lebih Baik

Jika kesepakatan ini terwujud, sebagian besar investasi yang diterima SMC dari Telstra kemungkinan akan digunakan untuk meningkatkan infrastruktur jaringannya di negara tersebut. Setidaknya itulah idealnya yang harus mereka lakukan jika ingin bersaing dengan dua kekuatan dominan di pasar lokal.

Sampai saat penulisan ini, baik SMC maupun Telstra menyatakan bahwa mereka belum mencapai kesepakatan mengenai hal tersebut dan "tidak ada kepastian bahwa hal ini akan terjadi."

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which companies are in joint-venture talks?
Telstra Corporation Limited and San Miguel Corporation are in joint-venture talks for SMC's wireless business.
What does each company bring to the potential deal?
Telstra has telecommunications experience but lacks emerging-market experience, while SMC has spectrum holdings but a weak telco track record.
What would the investment likely be used for?
The investment would likely be used to improve San Miguel's network infrastructure in the Philippines.
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18 Comments

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Steve · 11 years ago

Hmm Telstra ? Philippines will experience nothing but worst . I’ve worked with Telstra and I know how they play with their internet capping.. Pretty similar with witribe or could be worse. If our government will instead work hand in hand with Korean and Japanese ‘ telcos then it’s a game changer .

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BIKTIMA KAMI LAHAT NG SUN CELLULAR · 11 years ago

@CHA LEE… I TRULY AGREE WITH YOUR POSITION THAT RIGHT NOW THE TELCOS ARE IN NO WAY SATURATED WITH SUBSCRIBERS, NEVER!!!
WHAT IS SATURATING THEM IS THE GREED & THE LOVE FOR MONEY @ THE EXPENSE OF THE LOWLY SUBSCRIBERS WHO ARE SPENDING THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY JUST TO BE SCAMMED BY THESE B**L SH*T FU*K**G TELCOS WHO ARE EXPERT LIARS, CHEATERS & THEIVES…
WHILE FOR US SUBSCRIBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY CHOICE?
RIGHT NOW IN FINDING AN INTERNET ACCOUNT, YOU JUST EITHER DIE OR GET KILLED TRYING…
BELIEVE ME… THIS IS MY FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH NO LESS THAN SUN CELLULAR… ;-(

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reiciello · 11 years ago

We need someone like Telstra to enter our very saturated telco market, however, Telstra is known for their low cap high cost services as well. For example, a 15gb 4G plan would cost you AUD105 a month which is roughly equivalent to around PHP3,500. If San Miguel has any control over data cost and pricing then they should consider Telstra’s current model if its applicable to the Philippines. Right now I highly doubt their pricing model will work.

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Cha Lee · 11 years ago

Hindi naman “very saturated” ang telco market naten. Alam mo ba sinasabi mo?

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Vin · 11 years ago

Best coverage and service sa australia sana magawa din ng telstra sa pinas

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Mindy R. · 11 years ago

nagsa-start na sila gumawa ng network. San Miguel wants to launch by early 2016 or late 2015 with at least some coverage in major Philppine cities. ang problema kasi nila ay napakaraming isla ng Pilipinas, not only do you have to build towers you also have to lay fiber optic cables or microwave towers to connect the islands.

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BIKTIMA KAMI LAHAT NG SUN CELLULAR · 11 years ago

I STILL REMEMBER HOW VERY GOOD SERVICE SUN CELLULAR USED TO PROVIDE… NOW WITH SMART, BULOK NA BULOK NA SIGNAL & SERVICE NILA… ON TOP, THEY OBVIOUSLY BECAME STINKING LIARS & THEIVES… AFTER DECEIVING SUBSCRIBERS, ALL THEY WANT IS THEIR PAYMENTS, TO HELL WITH THEIR SERVICE!!!

SUN CELLULAR: “CHOOSE BITTER… SIKAT SA PANLOLOKO!!!”

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mars · 11 years ago

The head nurse in a hospital where I maintain the hospital software system said his husband who used to build cell towers (structure only) for SUN have started building towers for San Miguel somewhere down South (i think she mentioned Davao Oriental or Compostela or something).

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vm02 · 11 years ago

wi-tribe ang nagpauso ng Cap sa pilipinas and on top of that they initially lied about the existence of the cap. And in the end they also gave poor service. Kaya nga lugi sila

San miguel and telstra have a lot of bad blood and bad reputation to fix.

I wish them luck since the more competition there is the better. But naman, learn from the mistakes of the past. Pinagpipilitan na “international” standard daw ang cap, e hindi pa naman uso ang cap noon. Its not true competition when you offer a product which is arguably inferior to the ones already in the market

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