Accumulated The Remaining Quota Cannot Be Massed, ATSI Reminds Its Impact On Prices

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JAKARTA - Complaints about the charred quota are still ongoing in the community, which is predicted to cause state losses of IDR 63 trillion per year, still causing pros and cons in Indonesia.

However, the All-Indonesian Telecommunications Organizers Association (ATSI) emphasized that this quota and active period mechanism is in accordance with applicable regulations, namely Article 74 Paragraph 2 PM Kominfo No. 5 of 2021.

This active-age system has actually been implemented in several countries. So, you could say this is nothing new. Therefore, some cellular operator organizers offer the option of a rollover quota.

With this system, users have the option to accumulate the remaining internet quota to the next month. But unfortunately, this quota rollover mechanism cannot be applied to all quota packages.

Marwan O. Baasir, as chairman of ATSI, explained that if this rollover system is implemented in all quota packages, it will have an impact on the price of the quota that will also increase.

"If you require a rollover in all operator products, it will definitely make the quota price go up," he said at the Selular Business Forum (SBF) event entitled 'Mechanism for Hangus Data Quota' which took place on Wednesday, July 16 in Jakarta.

On the one hand, Ahmad Alamsyah Saragih as an expert on Public Openness also explained the potential loss to state finances caused by this charred quota. Where according to him, economic losses occur because indirectly production or provision of services (coota) becomes inefficient.

"If the quota is significantly scorched, it can be said that the industry sells the average price more expensive in real terms and there is an inefficiency in resource allocation," Alamsyah explained.

He also explained that this could cause a shadow cost in the telecommunications industry system, and would harm investors in the market capital. As for the country's economy, Alamsyah said there was no direct loss to the country regarding this charred quota.

"In my opinion, there is no direct state loss related to this condition, unless there is a quota subsidy expenditure used (for example for the education quota), but it is not a direct loss," he said.

Furthermore, this loss system actually provides potential benefits for the government. This is because the quota tax paid by consumers to the government is in accordance with the purchase of the quota package at the beginning.

"Because all of this is claimed to be a charred quota, if the price is low, it means that there is a quota that is not used by the community but the community (still) pays taxes to the government," he concluded.