FiberStar Targets 750 Thousand New Homepass in 2026 After Bagging 3.36 Million Homepass

FiberStar, a provider of cable-based optical network infrastructure, targets 750 thousand new homepasses this year. This target is taken to strengthen the company's position as a neutral connectivity service provider.

Homepass is a total network that is calculated when passing a house. FiberStar revealed that they managed to reach 2.3 million homepasses. Then, the company added another one million homepasses to reach 3.36 million.

The focus of new network expansion this year will be centered on densely populated areas in the Java and Bali regions. Cities such as Surabaya will get an addition of 130 new homepasses to reach housing clusters that have not been reached.

In addition to strengthening existing areas, FiberStar also plans to expand into new cities to expand the reach of services. Areas such as Kudus, Tuban, and Blitar are priority targets in the plan to compact the terrestrial network this time.

"Our expansion will be focused on Java and Bali. In Surabaya, we already have around 400 thousand homepasses, (but) we will add another 130 thousand homepasses. So some clusters or houses that have not been covered, we will concentrate there," explained Yudo Satrio, Head of FiberStar's Network Planning Department, Wednesday, March 4.

Yudo also revealed that FiberStar is trying to increase its customer penetration rate, from 14 percent to a range of 18 to 20 percent. However, this is not easy to do because of the very tight industry competition.

Yudo also revealed that they always take care in building their network infrastructure, both on land and at sea. Regarding the construction of submarine cable infrastructure, Yudo ensures that FiberStar has fulfilled all environmental regulations and permits.

"We are building a submarine cable through the corridor path that has been determined by the government so that maritime transportation activities are not disrupted," said Yudo. "The impact, if we plant in the maritime transportation path, our cable can break."

FiberStar emphasized that they would continue to follow the applicable regulations, even those from the local government. If the local government orders FiberStar to carry out the reduction of tangled cables, FiberStar will follow the order.