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The government will seek more public-private partnership (PPP) schemes through the Communications and Information Ministry in a bid to speed up development.
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ndonesia will seek private investment, both from foreign and domestic investors, to develop the country’s digital infrastructure, as the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated the digital transformation, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday.
The government will seek more public-private partnership (PPP) schemes through the Communications and Information Ministry in a bid to speed up development, she said.
The investment will complement the government’s budget allocation of Rp 30.5 trillion (US$2.05 billion) in the 2021 state budget to develop the information and communications technology (ICT) sector.
“The development of digital infrastructure will not only use the state budget but also the PPP scheme between the government and private companies, both foreign and domestic,” she told reporters in a press briefing. “We will focus the development in regions that have not received connectivity services.”
The government is planning to build cellular base transceiver stations (BTS) in more than 5,000 locations next year, including in villages with no internet connection, she went on to say.
“We will also build a national data system and digitize the education system, among other plans,” Sri Mulyani added.
Despite the large number of internet users, Indonesia’s internet penetration rate remains at 64 percent as of January, according to DataReportal, lagging behind neighboring Brunei, Singapore and Thailand, where internet penetration rates exceed 70 percent.
