Badung Dismantles 10 Unlicensed Telecom Towers

Mangupura — The Badung Regency Government, through its Public Order Enforcement Team, dismantled 10 unlicensed monopole telecommunications towers on regional government land on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. The towers stood on public and social-facility sites and belonged to PT Tower Bersama Group.

The enforcement action followed the expiration in 2022 of an asset-use agreement between the Badung Regency Government and the company. The agreement, arranged through the Badung Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency, covered tower sites from 2017 through the end of 2022 and was not extended. Enforcement began on Oct. 15, 2026, under Badung Regent Order No. 300.1/13484/SETDA/SATPOLPP, dated Oct. 12, 2026.

Why Badung’s tower removals matter to property and connectivity

For foreign residents, businesses and visitors, the action concerns infrastructure placed on public land rather than a general shutdown of telecommunications service. The reported removals affect specific tower sites in Badung, including locations in Mengwi, Abiansemal and Kuta Utara. The reports do not state that mobile or internet service was broadly interrupted.

The Bali Tribune reported that 15 PT Tower Bersama Group towers were included in the enforcement list. Five towers in the Legian Beach area of Kuta were not dismantled because they were still being used by the Badung Communications and Informatics Agency to support public closed-circuit television cameras. Those sites include locations near Kuta Beach and Beachwalk.

The remaining five removals are subject to coordination so the public-camera equipment can be moved before full enforcement. The reports also place the action amid a separate legal dispute involving the Badung Regency Government and PT Bali Towerindo Sentra, which had proceeded to the Supreme Court after a cassation filing on Sept. 3, 2026. That dispute is distinct from the expired agreement described as the basis for the removals covered here.

Sources

• Bali Post — regional news organization
• Bali Tribune — regional news organization