Badung’s telecom pole programme leaves five Kuta removals on hold

In brief: Badung is dismantling telecom poles following the expiry of agreements covering their use of land owned by the local government. Reports published on 19 October 2026 differ on how many have already been removed.

Mid-November target, conflicting progress reports

The programme covers 15 locations across Mengwi, Abiansemal, North Kuta and Kuta. Quoting Badung’s municipal enforcement chief at Satpol PP, detikBali described an initial group of ten poles and a target of mid-November. Bali Tribune’s report on the same day said ten removals were already complete, leaving the progress count unresolved across the reports.

Five Kuta sites have been deferred because Badung’s communications and information technology department, Diskominfo, uses the poles for public CCTV. Bali Post reported that relocation of the cameras was being coordinated before those poles could be dismantled.

Mobile service effects remain unconfirmed

None of these event reports provides operator data on coverage changes or subscriber outages. A pole’s removal alone does not establish what will happen to reception inside a particular home.

Residents experiencing connection problems can give their operator the address, time and nature of the failure. That provides a starting point for investigating the fault and whether the nearby works are relevant.