17 July 2024
Indonesia's Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) plans to complete construction of 630 base station towers in ‘unforeseeable areas’ by the end of this year, despite ongoing challenges of accessibility and security.
These ‘unforeseeable areas’ are in inhospitable geographical conditions as well as low levels of security, which pose serious challenges for infrastructure provider partners to install network equipment.
Yulis Widyo Marfiah, acting director of telecommunications and information services at BAKTI, said that base station construction in such areas remains a significant challenge. The security and geographic conditions in eastern Indonesia, particularly the province of Papua, are the most challenging areas for deploying telecoms infrastructure.
BAKTI is collaborating with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) to make sure base station deployments in those areas goes smoothly. However, military support for security is limited, as they have other priorities.
