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Technology companies go to villages to empower people, protect forests
PT Telekomunikasi Desa Indonesia (TDI) and Rainforest Connection are among the companies that are helping to empower villages.
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A technician for telecommunications operator XL Axiata checks a 4G base transceiver station (BTS) in Ciawi, West Java. Internet service provider PT Telekomunikasi Desa Indonesia (TDI) has teamed up with village companies to provide villagers with internet. (The Jakarta Post/Wendra Ajistyatama)
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s the majority of technology companies open up offices in Jakarta to tap into the growing middle class, several other companies are taking a different approach, instead heading to villages to empower villagers through digital technology while helping to monitor forests in the process.
Internet service provider PT Telekomunikasi Desa Indonesia (TDI) and technology startup Rainforest Connection are among such companies.
The newly established TDI is cooperating with village-owned enterprises in West Sumatra to provide local enterprises with new business, enabling locals to provide internet services for their communities.
TDI president director Teddy Tri Cahyono said the company had teamed up with village-owned enterprises in Tabek Patah and Pakan Rabaa Timur villages in Tanah Datar regency, West Sumatra, to provide villagers with internet.
“One of our solutions is to provide connectivity [in the form of internet access] through the installation of VSAT [very small aperture terminal] antennae and access points spread across the villages,” Teddy told The Jakarta Post in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Teddy said the village-owned enterprises had to buy satellite devices to act as internet service providers for local residents, who had to subscribe to be able to connect to the internet.
“When we talk about Industry 4.0, it means nothing if there is no internet connection. We are hoping that we can promote digital literacy for villagers because it could be an opportunity for them to develop their potentials,” he said.
