Gojek Said About Investment From Telkomsel

Gojek Driver (Angga Mahardika / VOI)

JAKARTA - It is rumored that the Telkomsel mobile operator wants to own some of Gojek's shares. Especially at this time, the ride-hailing platform has indeed attracted many companies to invest.

According to VOI's records, since March 2020, Gojek has received an injection of funds from Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group worth US $ 1.2 or the equivalent of Rp.18 trillion. Facebook and PayPal are also investing in Gojek.

"Gojek always sees opportunities to support digital acceleration as an effort to contribute to the growth and resilience of the Indonesian economy," Gojek Indonesia Chief Corporate Affairs Nila Marita told VOI, Wednesday, August 26.

Regarding the news circulating, Nila has not been able to respond to this. As in the Nikkei Asia Review report, PT Telkom Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk plans to inject its capital into Gojek.

Sources said that Telkom planned to invest around US $ 400 million (or the equivalent of Rp5.9 trillion at an exchange rate of 1 US dollar = Rp.14,000) since 2018. However, the agreement failed because it did not receive support from ministry officials at the time.

Based on the latest report, Telkomsel has recorded a total revenue of IDR 21.58 trillion, with details of revenue from data services worth IDR 16.04 trillion and legacy services worth IDR 5.54 trillion. Telkomsel also continues to boost the development of 3G / 4G networks to provide equitable internet access.

Total Telkomsel 3G / 4G BTS in the first half of 2020 was 177,769 BTS. As for the customer side, Telkomsel has 160,072 million subscribers. Telkomsel is a cellular operator with the largest number of subscribers in the country.

Meanwhile, Gojek last received funding in June 2020 from Google, Tencent, Facebook and Paypal. The capital is around 3 billion US dollars, equivalent to Rp45 trillion rupiah, in the company's fundraising Gojek.

The investment from Facebook creates opportunities for businesses in Indonesia, including taking advantage of the widely used instant messaging service, WhatsApp. But it is not clear what it will look like.

"Gojek, WhatsApp, and Facebook are important services in Indonesia. Through cooperation, we can help millions of MSMEs and their customers to join the largest digital economy community in Southeast Asia," said Matt Idema, Chief Operating Officer, WhatsApp in the same statement. .