Chairman of ASKOMPSI Muhammad Faisal Talks About the Gap in Digital Infrastructure Development in Indonesia

"Chairman of ASKOMPSI Muhammad Faisal Talks About the Digital Infrastructure Development Gap in Indonesia"

"Dream - The Head of the East Kalimantan Provincial Communication and Information Office (Kaltim), Muhammad Faisal, who is also the Chairman of the Indonesian Communication and Informatics Service Association (ASKOMPSI) for the 2023-2025 period, was also present at the Digital Transformation Indonesia (DTI) - Conference Expo (CX) 2024."

Chairman of ASKOMPSI Muhammad Faisal Talks About the Gap in Digital Infrastructure Development in Indonesia

"This is the largest digital transformation conference and exhibition in Indonesia. The event held at JCC, Senayan, Central Jakarta also invites Muhammad Faisal to the conference titled "Investing in Digital Infrastructure: Strategies for Public and Private Sector Collaboration" on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. In his presentation, Faisal explained the issues currently faced by regions outside of Java, particularly in East Kalimantan, which still has limited digital infrastructure."

The translated text is: "The condition is inversely proportional to the development of digital infrastructure, such as in Jakarta, which is very rapid. "I was quite shocked by the one or two years of infrastructure development that is wow (in Jakarta). But for decades, we have had quite a hard time," said Faisal."

"Kawan-kawan di Indonesia Timur juga sangat sulit, karena kita bicara digitalisasi, otomatis infrastruktur yang saya maksud adalah akses telekomunikasi, jaringan internet dan sebagainya," translates to: "Friends in Eastern Indonesia are also very difficult, because we are talking about digitalization, automatically the infrastructure I mean is telecommunications access, internet networks, and so on,"

The translation of "lanjutnya." to English is "continue."

"Frankly, Faisal explained that the condition of digital infrastructure development is currently not good. The province of East Kalimantan even still has blind spot areas of 20% to 25%."

"This is just Kaltim, in Eastern Indonesia there may be provinces that reach 30% to 40%. In Kaltim, if it's 20%, it could be close to 200 to 225 villages. Where if you want to make a call, you have to climb a mountain, or if you have a mobile phone, it must be fully charged first to be used when you reach an area with sufficient (signal)."

The translation of "jelasnya." to English is "clearly."

In the forum, Faisal invited both government and private institutions to work together to equalize the development of digital infrastructure across all regions of Indonesia. "We all have the right to access infrastructure and information services. It is also necessary to have good access and services to build this nation," Faisal explained.

"Faisal does not deny that building digital infrastructure is indeed not easy. Moreover, in terms of costs, establishing fiber optics to BTS requires significant financial investment. Nevertheless, he invites all sectors that still have the spirit of red and white not only to think about profit but also to help this country."

"So that is the problem we hope for, hopefully, I am just raising it, I am not talking about the good, I am talking about the bad. But I want to tell the existing conditions that hopefully can be assisted by the private sector as well as other governments to be able to care. Don't just think about profit but also think that there are still Indonesian people who have difficulty accessing,""

The translation of "terangnya." to English is "the brightness."

"Interestingly, although some areas in the Kaltim province still have blind spots, Faisal is grateful and proud that Kaltim still maintains its position at 3rd place nationally in the Digital Literacy Index. As for the Digital Society Index, Kaltim is in 4th place."

"But don't worry, Indonesia's digital literacy level is still good, the digital society index is still good. In East Kalimantan, even though 20-25% (blind spot), our digital literacy index ranks 3rd nationally. Our digital society index ranks 4th nationally,"

The translation of "ungkap Faisal." to English is "Faisal reveals."

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