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n regards to the government'€™s push for e-government systems, state-owned telecommunications giant PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) aims to expand its focus on its government clients this year.

'€œTelkom will expand its focus on its enterprise and business services not only on large companies and small to medium enterprises, but also on government agencies as the current administration has a very strong focus on information, communications and technology [ICT],'€ Telkom'€™s director for enterprises and business service Muhammad Awaluddin said on Thursday.

The group would mainly focus on the development of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-logistics and e-procurement, he said.

Under the administration of President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo, the government has started applying e-systems at all levels of administration to boost transparency and budget savings.

With its new focus on government clients, Telkom'€™s enterprise and business service aims to make up 11 percent of the group'€™s targeted consolidated revenues this year of Rp 100 trillion (US$7.8 million), Awaluddin told reporters.

From the total targeted revenues, 58 percent would be from enterprise clients, 22 percent from government clients and the remaining 20 percent from small and medium enterprises, he went on.

Last year alone, Telkom'€™s enterprises and business service accounted for around 10 percent of the group'€™s consolidated revenues amounting to Rp 89.7 trillion, with contributions from government clients hitting a relatively low level.

The group'€™s enterprise and business services provide various IT services ranging from networks to applications.

Awaluddin said that among its focused services for government clients this year were those in the marine and fishery sectors, in line with the government'€™s vision to make the country a global maritime axis.

Telkom stated previously that it planned to increase investment in its enterprise and business services from between Rp 600 billion and Rp 700 billion last year to around Rp 800 billion this year.

From the Rp 800 billion, Rp 200 billion will be allotted to develop broadband infrastructure and services in 18 ports across the archipelago, including those in Banda Aceh, Pangkal Pinang (Bangka Belitung Islands), Kuala Tanjung (North Sumatra), Dumai (Riau) and Padang (West Sumatra).

The telecommunications giant aims to have a total of 24 broadband ports '€” consisting of the 18 ports and another six ports that were developed last year '€” by the end of this year.

Awaluddin said that each port would be broadband ready, fiber optic-enabled and Wi-Fi connected, with support for maritime logistics applications.

Telkom, through PT Indonesia Logistic Community System (ILCS), has developed a vessel monitoring system in a number of its broadband ports.

The ILCS is a joint venture between Telkom and state-run port operator PT Pelindo II established in 2012 with starting capital of Rp 100 billion.

In another development, Telkom announced on Thursday that it would help the government prepare ICT services for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference that will take place from April 19 to 24 in Jakarta and Bandung (West Java).

Telkom has provided Internet bandwidth of 20 gigabytes per second (Gbps), of which 10 Gbps will be for operational activities during the conference and the remaining 10 Gbps will be for back-up.