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Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara (JP/Anton Hermansyah )
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ommunications and Information Minister Rudiantara said in Jakarta on Wednesday that the government planed to provide cellular phone users in all cities and regencies across the country with fourth generation (4G) broadband cellular networks in 2019.
“The Palapa Ring project (a national fiber optic project) will be completed in 2019. We will also introduce 4G technology in all cities and regencies,” he said as reported by kompas.com, adding that the completion of the project was urgent because there were many regions in Indonesian without internet connections.
As an example, Rudiantara pointed to the fact that only 80,000 of 226,000 schools – elementary, junior high and senior high schools – had access to the internet.
In schools where internet was available, he added, it was often not used optimally, only being used for the computer-based National Exams. “They do not use the internet for teaching purposes,” the minister said.
Meanwhile, he added that only 3,000 of the roughly 10,000 Society Health Centers (Puskesmas) across the country had internet connections.
Rudiantara also said internet connections were needed at military and police district offices as well as at village offices. (bbn)
