Learn more on how to perform cheap international phone calls from Indonesia.

Indonesia has a few different mobile phone network operators. Each of these have their own promotional rates for calling overseas (which don’t work for sending text messages).

To take advantage of these cheaper rates you need to dial a special code before your country code.

Telkomsel Indonesia logo

Telkomsel is most popular and has the widest coverage. Their pre-paid SIM cards are called “Simpati”, “Kartu As” and “Loop”.

Continue here to find out more about the Telkomsel counter at the Bali airport where you can buy a SIM card and internet data package.

Simpati is most popular followed by Kartu As and Loop. Simpati and Kartu As can be used for cheap overseas calls.

Telkomsel has a booth at the Bali airport, both at the international and domestic arrival terminal. Their latest standard size SIM cards now have a pop-out for Micro SIM.

To get cheaper rates for overseas calling, you need to dial either 01017 or 01019 (slightly different rates – see below) before your country code, e.g;

(01017) (country code) (phone number)

(01019) (country code) (phone number)

Lets say, if you want to call from your Simpati phone number to an Australian land or cell phone, you’d dial;

01017  61  # #### ####

01019  61  # #### ####


Indosat Indonesia Logo

Indosat is another big player in Indonesia and also has a large coverage. Their pre-paid SIM cards are “Mentari”, “IM3” and “Matrix”. Mentari is most popular and all-round good.

As Telkomsel (above), Indosat also has a special code for cheaper overseas phone calls. This is 01016 which you need to dial before the country code, e.g;

(01016) (country code) (phone number)

Lets say, if you want to call from your Mentari phone number to an Australian land or cell phone, you’d dial;

01016  61  # #### ####

The current rates, when using the Telkomsel or Indosat special codes, are;

RATE PER MINUTE
Country SIMPATI MENTARI
01017 01019 01016
Australia IDR 1,500 IDR 999 IDR 1,500
Canada IDR 400 IDR 399 IDR 400
China IDR 400 IDR 399 IDR 400
France IDR 1,800 IDR 3,688 IDR 3,500
Germany IDR 1,800 IDR 3,688 IDR 3,500
Hong Kong IDR 400 IDR 399 IDR 400
India IDR 660 IDR 699 IDR 650
Japan IDR 1,500 IDR 996 IDR 1,500
Malaysia IDR 660 IDR 696 IDR 650
Netherlands IDR 2,400 IDR 3,688 IDR 3,500
Russia IDR 1,800 IDR 3,688 IDR 3,500
Saudi Arabia IDR 1,500 IDR 2,420 IDR 1,500
Singapore IDR 400 IDR 399 IDR 400
South Korea IDR 660 IDR 699 IDR 650
Taiwan IDR 880 IDR 999 IDR 1,500
UAE IDR 1,500 IDR 3,688 IDR 1,500
UK IDR 1,800 IDR 3,688 IDR 3,500
USA IDR 400 IDR 399 IDR 400

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There are a few other mobile phone network operators in Indonesia. These have similar priced promo rates although with less extensive coverage. They are XL Axiata, Axis and 3 (GSM).

There are also CDMA operators, for which you need a CDMA compatible cellphone, such as Indosat (which also has GSM), Smartfren and Telkom.

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