The long awaited iPhone 3G will be launched in Indonesia on March 21 and will be available on retail market starting March 23, a site reported. The country's biggest operator Telkomsel, the sole operator, will team-up with four major distributors, to sell the Apple's shiny devices.

The price, according to 3GWeek, will touch more than IDR 10 million, roughly equals to US$ 900 (1 US$ = IDR 12,000). According to a local blog Ndorokakung,  with IDR2.5 million upfront plus IDR750,000 monthly installment for 18 months,  users can bring their 8 GB iPhone 3G home.

The country's first operator to launch 3G services in September 2006 had 67 million customers or more than 50% market share.  The operator had the biggest 3G community with more than 6.2 million subscribers in more than 120 cities.

Indonesia's largest full-service telecommunications operator, Telkom and SingTel, one of Asia’s leading telecommunications service operators, owns 65%  and 35% of Telkomsel's issued share capital.

[via 3Gweek]