The ministry's director general of post and information technology, Wayan Toni Supriyanto,
delivered the remarks during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between telecommunication services provider Telkomsel and Google for the development of rich communication services (RCS) with rich business messaging (RBM).
"To encourage the development of digital technology, it is necessary to accelerate actions from all stakeholders in any sector. The telecommunications sector is very important for supporting the success of development in Indonesia," he stressed.
He said that Kominfo is a telecommunications regulator that is playing a role in formulating policies and regulations to support communication infrastructure development.
According to him, the policies aim to ensure that the development of the telecommunications sector runs effectively and fairly, and can create healthy competition among industry players.
"Various forms of partnerships that will be carried out by the industries are a necessity as a form of adaptation in mutually beneficial cooperation in the ecosystem, especially in the telecommunications business," he explained.
In addition, he said that the government is continuing to make efforts to expedite digital transformation by developing digital technology to achieve the Advanced Indonesia 2045 goal.
"By 2045, it is estimated that network connectivity would have reached the era of 6G and 7G, with home connect access of up to 1 Terabytes per second," he pointed out.
Future technologies such as automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, metaverse, and quantum computing, among others, are expected to be implemented globally and utilized by various countries to encourage productivity growth and competitiveness, he added.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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