Telecommunications Spending Now a Priority for 86% of Indonesian Households

More than 86.7 percent of Indonesian households allocated spending for telecommunications needs during 2014. This percentage increased compared to 2012, which only reached 83.5 percent. The average monthly allocation for communication in 2014 was Rp 92,000.

In the publication of the 2014 village potential data survey results, the Central Bureau of Statistics stated that the telecommunications trend has been increasing year by year. The average household expenditure in 2014 increased by 2.23 percent compared to 2013, which was only Rp 90,000.

This telecommunications spending only reached 2.8 percent of total household consumption, which reached Rp 3.2 million per month. This expenditure includes payments for telephone bills, mobile phone credit purchases, public telephones, wartels (public telephone booths), and others.