PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk, commonly known as Smartfren (stylized as smartfren.), formerly known as PT Mobile 8 Telecom Tbk, is an

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

-based wireless network operator headquartered in

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. It is owned by Indonesian conglomerate

Sinar Mas Sinar Mas is one of the largest conglomerates in Indonesia. It was formed in 1938. It has numerous subsidiaries including Asia Pulp & Paper and palm oil producer PT SMART. The company also acquired Berau Coal Energy from Asia Resource Mineral ...

under the company PT Sinar Mas Komunikasi Teknologi. Smartfren operates exclusively using a

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network after shifting away from

CDMA Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communication ...

technologies in 2014. As of 2018, Smartfren has 10.1 million active subscribers, making them the fifth-largest wireless carrier in the country. Smartfren provides wireless voice (via

VoLTE Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is an LTE high-speed wireless communication standard for mobile phones and data terminals, including Internet of things (IoT) devices and wearables. VoLTE has up to three times more voice and data capacity than older 3G ...

) and data services in Indonesia, which it claims is available in over 200 cities. In 2015, the company launched their LTE-Advanced network, becoming the first in the country to do so.

Andromax

Smartfren has partnered with some China-based

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manufacturers such as

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and ZTE to produce smart devices under the ''Smartfren Andromax'' brand. These phones operate on either CDMA 2000 1x or LTE on the newer models. They use the following naming scheme: *C and G models denote lower-end smartphone models *I and T models denote lower to midrange models *U, V and Z models denote mid to high-end smartphones. More recently they have also launched the E, Q and R models which has LTE capability; and the E2 and R2 models which supports VoLTE.

Slogans

As Smart Telecom

* Smart, Hebat, Hemat (2006-2011)

As Mobile-8 Telecom

Fren

* Kartu Selularku (2003-2006) * Seluler Pilihan Cerdas (2006-2008) * Murah, Tidak Repot. (2008-2009) * hemat, Tidak Repot. (2009-2011)

Esia

*Untung Pakai Esia

Hepi

* Pasti Lebih Untung (2008-2010)

As Smartfren

* Live Smart (2011-2018) * 4G Go For It (2015-2018, After Smartfren Launch Andromax 4G LTE) * Hebat, Hemat, Cepat (2018-present) * Juaranya Internet Unlimited (2018-present)

References

External links

*Official websites: *
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English
Indonesian brands Indonesian companies established in 2002 Mobile phone companies of Indonesia Companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange Sinar Mas Group Telecommunications companies established in 2002 Telecommunications companies of Indonesia 2006 initial public offerings {{Indonesia-stub