PT Indosat (ISAT.JK) said Monday that preliminary 2012 net profit more than halved to 417.4 billion rupiah (US$43 million) from 879.7 billion rupiah in 2011.

Indonesia's second-largest cellular operator by customer base said financial charges in 2012 soared to 2.69 trillion rupiah, from 1.84 trillion rupiah.

The company didn't give further details

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