- Launches firstly in Solo city, Indonesia as part of a revitalisation campaign
- Aimed at helping SMEs get back on feet before launching in other cities
Indonsian telco Indosat Tbk (Indosat Ooredoo) has announced the launch of its first commercial 5G services in the city of Solo.
The new 5G services offers Indosat Ooredoo's consumer and business customers access to enhanced mobile broadband internet, empowering the city’s economic recovery and digital transformation, the company said in a statement.
Weiterlesen: ID: Indosat Ooredoo launches commercial 5G in Solo city
Digitization can play an important role in developing sharia economy and finance in Indonesia because it could arrest a decline in the sale of halal products, boost certification of such products, and enable social fund transactions, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin.
"Digitization can play a significant role in, among other things, holding the pace of the decline in the sales of halal industrial products, accelerating online audit mechanisms in applying for halal certificates, and encouraging an increase in the value of sharia (economy),” Amin said.
Weiterlesen: ID: Digitization can help push sharia economy development: VP
Accelerating digital transformation is among the priority programs in the information and communication technology (ICT) field, as targeted by President Joko Widodo during his second term, stated Philip Gobang, communication and informatics minister’s special staff.
"Five areas elicit attention in managing digital transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic," Gobang remarked while addressing a webinar and workshop on "Encouraging the Creation and Innovation of Flobamora MSMEs" organized in Maumere, Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday.
Weiterlesen: Indonesia Prioritizes Accelerating Digital Transformation in ICT Field
The National Development Planning Ministry/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) is drafting a strategy to drive digital transformation to boost the utilization of digital technology and bolster growth of a sustainable and low-carbon economy (green economy).
The strategy contained in the Major Project of Digital Transformation also confirms the commitment of ministries and institutions to support the acceleration of expanded and increased access to digital infrastructures, utilization of resources in strategic sectors, and the enablers of digital transformation under the principles of digital sovereignty and self-reliance.
Weiterlesen: ID: Bappenas readies strategy to boost digital transformation
Trading house invests in Tokyo startup that analyzes flows of people
Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. will use smartphone location data in urban development, with a partner's technology to be first introduced in a smart city project in Indonesia.
Mitsubishi has entered into a capital and business partnership with unerry, a Tokyo-based marketing consultancy. The size of the investment and ownership ratio have not been disclosed, but Mitsubishi is expected to become the largest shareholder with the exception of those involved in the startup's founding.
Weiterlesen: Mitsubishi taps phone location data for Indonesia smart city