Editing Communications in Indonesia (section)

==Regulatory environment in Indonesia==

The media in Indonesia is regulated by the Ministry of Communications and Informatics.

[[LIRNEasia]]'s Telecommunications Regulatory Environment (TRE) index, which summarises stakeholders' perception on certain TRE dimensions, provides insight into how conducive the environment is for further development and progress. The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines. The tool measured seven dimensions: i) market entry; ii) access to scarce resources; iii) interconnection; iv) tariff regulation; v) anti-competitive practices; and vi) universal services; vii) quality of service, for the fixed, mobile and broadband sectors.

Below-average scores received in all sectors and across dimensions reflect general dissatisfaction of the TRE in Indonesia. However, this does not mean that respondents have ignored recent developments. The relatively healthy growth in mobile sector is reflected in the higher TRE scores received by the sector for most dimensions, when compared to the fixed sector. On average, the mobile sector scores best, with fixed and broadband following.<ref name="lirneasia_tre">{{cite web|url=http://lirneasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TRE_Indonesia_2009Mar18.pdf|title=Telecom Regulatory and Policy Environment in Indonesia: Results and Analysis of the 2008 TRE Survey |date=18 March 2008|publisher=[[LIRNEasia]]|author=Chanuka Wattegama, Juni Soehardjo and Nilusha Kapugama}}</ref>