So these guys, who promised LTE connection of up to 72Mbps (yeah, half the expected speed of current commercial LTE deployment) have to postpone activations until further notice.

They had planned to launch by mid December but yesterday sent out notices on Twitter saying that they can’t do that now because its network isn’t fully ready yet. What I’ve heard though, is that they haven’t actually finalized the operational license from the government.

Given the nature of the Indonesian government, especially the telco lobby and the comms ministry, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was foul play involved because what they’re offering is extremely competitive and has a good chance of beating the telcos in the mobile broadband space.

AFAIK Bolt has no telco license because they don’t offer telco services, only mobile data, which should qualify them as an ISP. Worth noting that Indonesia has no commercial LTE deployment at the moment and telcos may not be able to until 2017 due to lack of available frequencies. The only available frequency that currently can be used for LTE (2300Mhz) isn’t supported by most existing LTE devices.