Palapa Ring is a national fiber optic network development project that will cover 34 provinces , 440 cities / regencies throughout Indonesia with a total length of submarine cables reaching 35,280 kilometers, while cables in land are 21,807 kilometers.
The government's plan is that the Palapa Ring is a broadband fiber optic network in the form of a ring that surrounds seven islands, namely Sumatra , Java , Kalimantan , Nusa Tenggara , Sulawesi , Maluku and Papua , as well as eight connecting networks and one large ring that surrounds Indonesia either through the base sea or by land.
Based on the writings of the Director General of Post and Telecommunications , Basuki Yusuf Iskandar , in December 2007, "Development of Communication Technology", the benefits of the Palapa Ring for Indonesia's development are:
· availability of communication services from voice to broadband to all cities / districts
· there will be investment efficiency which will drive lower telecommunication rates
· There is an acceleration of development in the communication sector, especially in Eastern Indonesia, and will encourage the growth of variants of telecommunications service providers and services.
· the existence of applications such as distance learning , telemedicine , e-government , and other applications, can be implemented to reach cities / districts.
In addition, the government's hope is that after the construction of the Palapa Ring is completed, the e-learning capacity of 155 mega will increase to 300 gigabytes.
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