LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA NO. 36 OF 1999 ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BLESSINGS OF ALMIGHTY GOD PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, Considering : a. that the objective of national development is to achieve a just and prosperous society that is materially and spiritually balance based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution; b. that the operation of telecommunication has a strategic meaning in the effort to strengthen the nation’s unity and solidarity, to facilitate the government’s activities, to support the achievement of the objective of equitable distribution of development and its benefits and to enhance relations among nations; c. that the influence of globalization and the extremely rapid development of telecommunications technology have caused fundamental changes in the operation and the way of thinking about telecommunications ; d. that given everything related to the fundamental changes occurring in the operation and the way of thinking about telecommunications, it is necessary to re-organize and re-arrange the operation of national telecommunications; e. that in connection with the above matters, Law No. 3 of 1989 on Telecommunications is deemed to no longer be appropriate, and therefore should be replaced ; Recognizing : Article 5 paragraph (1), Article 20 paragraph (1) and Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution;