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Pat, Can I have your opinion on PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia? Regards.

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PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (ADRs), $33.72, symbol TLK on New York (ADRs outstanding: 491.7 million; Market cap: $16.6 billion), is Indonesia’s largest telecommunication company by assets and subscribers. PT Telekom also owns 65% of PT Telekomunikasi Selular, Indonesia’s largest cellular operator. Singapore Telecom owns the other 35%. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, PT Telekom’s revenue rose 6.2%, to $1.8 billion from $1.7 billion a year earlier (all figures in U.S. dollars). Revenue from data and multimedia services rose 25% in the latest quarter, to $548.2 million. First-quarter earnings rose 13%, to $304.8 million, or $0.62 per ADR, from $269.7 million, or $0.55 per ADR. On March 31, 2010, the company had 82 million cellular subscribers. That’s up 14% from the same period last year. PT Telekom expects revenue from its cellular, Internet, data and multimedia businesses to continue to rise. Still, the company faces increasing competition from other Indonesian telecom firms. For example, Indosat, the country’s second-largest telecom company,…