Indonesia's largest mobile operator to launch commercial 5G services this week as Covid-19 total goes above 1.78 million

JAKARTA, May 24 (Xinhua): Indonesia's largest cellular operator, Telkomsel, will launch its commercial 5G mobile services on Thursday (May 27, Minister of communications and information technology Johnny G. Plate said on Monday.

"The 5G services will be launched on May 27, 2021, and be available for use by limited and gradual steps in six residential locations in Greater Jakarta and other cities: Solo, Medan, Balikpapan, Denpasar, Batam, Surabaya, Makassar and Bandung. Other cities will follow," the minister said.