Jakarta. Link Net, the pay-TV and broadband internet subsidiary of First Media, has set a target to connect to 2 million households to its so-called home-pass service, which refers to a bundled broadband and cable-TV offering.
The company currently has 1.8 million home-pass subscribers in the greater Jakarta area. The services are also available in Bandung (West Java), Surabaya (East Java) and Bali.
Link Net is eying Medan in North Sumatra and Batam in Riau Island province to achieve its target to capture a bigger market in Indonesia.
Link Net director Dicky Moechtar said the 2 million target for the home pass service is expected to be met in 2017, with help from its market expansion. Link Net has been present in Indonesia for about 20 years.
"In the past 20 years of its presence, Link Net has been offering the latest technology and innovations that spoil customers," Dicky said on the sidelines of First Media's "NeXt Gen Experience" at Lippo Mall Kemang in South Jakarta on Saturday (19/11).
Among the breakthroughs are super-fast internet from FastNet, which offers speed of up to 1 gigabits per second, 4k Ultra HD high-definition television and First Media X, its "TV Anywhere with Live Streaming and Catch-Up TV" mobile application service.
Smart Living
On top of this, Link Net also offers a "Smart Living" concept, which makes use of fast internet services to offer customers an integrated security services solution at home.
The new service includes integrated video surveillance, intrusion detection devices and automated security, all of which are integrated with a smartphone to allow customers to monitor their home anytime and anywhere.
"Nowadays, the internet has various functions, one of which is to support Smart Living – one of the examples of how we could utilize the so-called internet-of-things," Link Net chief technology officer Desmond Poon said.
Subscribers to the new service get a complete package that includes equipment for indoor camera surveillance, a home gateway remote, door/window sensors, a 4-in-1 wireless motion sensor, and wireless siren and strobe alarm that are active 24 hours.
First Media and the Jakarta Globe are both affiliated with the Lippo Group.
