Trends Cell Phone Starting With a GSM Technology

Mobile phone technology was first present in Indonesia in 1984 , with the name of the Nordic Mobile Phone ( NMT ) . Applying an analog cellular phone was developed by company Telecommunication Administration of Sweden in 1981 .
A year later , the technology shift to NMT Modified by AMPS system ( Advanced Mobile Phone System ) , where there are four operators in Indonesia using this system , namely PT Rajasa Hazanah Perkasa , PT Elektrindo Nusantara , PT Centralindo Telekomindo , and PT Panca Sakti .
Itself is analog AMPS cellular system that was first used in the United States and used extensively until 1997 , in more than 72 countries .
Until finally , in 1993 , the industry Global System for Mobile Communication ( GSM ) started to develop in Indonesia , marked with a pilot project of digital cellular PT Telkom on the island of Batam and Bintan .

Era GSM and CDMA

 Over time , the GSM operators operating in Indonesia increasingly widespread . Starting from PT Palapa Indonesia ( Satelindo ) as the first GSM operator in Indonesia to adopt SIM Card system in 1994 . Telkomsel followed established by PT Telkom in 1995 and XL from PT Excelcomindo Pratama ( now called PT XL Axiata Tbk ) in 1996.
The presence of some of the company 's mobile operators antusia was welcomed by the public . At the end of 1999 , there were approximately 2.5 million mobile subscribers in Indonesia, most of whom are users of the product of three operators .
Entering the millennium , precisely in 2000, the service Short Message Service ( SMS ) began to bloom and Nokia becoming a very popular brand . Two years later , the telecommunications network provider Ericsson and Alcatel entered Indonesia .
In 2003, the era of Code Division Multiple Access ( CDMA ) begins with the presence of Bakrie Telecom's Esia and Telkom Flexi . CDMA is recognized presence is enough to make the number of mobile users increases sharply as it offers service rates and affordable handsets .

Rapidly Growing Smartphone Users

 Subsequently , in 2006 , Hutchinson entered Indonesia with the trademark Tri , followed by Axis under PT Axis Telekom Indonesia in 2008 . Telecommunications development even more rapidly in this era with the presence of various brands of smartphone that facilitates internet access from mobile devices .
And until the end of 2011 , according to data from the Indonesian Cellular Phone Association ( ATSI ) , mobile service users in Indonesia has reached 240 million . And recently , according to the study conducted Yahoo and mindshare , there are currently about 41.3 million smartphone users and 6 million tablet users in Indonesia .
The amount is believed to continue to grow rapidly , especially in urban areas . In fact , the Yahoo and mindshare predicts there will be about 103.7 million smartphone users and 16.2 million tablet users in Indonesia in 2017 . ( isk )

Then , what about the development of the smartphone industry itself? Wait for the next series of articles ...