JAKARTA - PT XL Axiata Tbk
(XL) Axis Telekom Capital Group Jakart
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to prepare a special plan to support the
development of underdeveloped areas in
Indonesia. This commitment is in line
with the government's plan to accelerate
development in remote areas, including
border areas.
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) XL
Dian Siswarini states, currently XL currently
brewing a special plan that is expected to
help support the vision of the government in
distributing development. One of which is
certainly among others adjust network
development and open service by reaching
remote and border areas.
"There are dozens of BTS XL standing in
the border areas, which are also remote
from economic centers. Such areas
include Sabang, Semeulue, Nias, Natuna,
and a number of islands in the Riau
Islands bordering Singapore and
Malaysia," said Dian in a press release on
Tuesday (10/2)
In addition, XL also
builds base stations in
north Borneo
bordering Sarawak
and Sabah. In eastern
Indonesia, XL also has
BTS among others in
Biak, Jayapura, and
Merauke.
According to Dian, in fact since the
previous year’s XL always tries to keep
building the infrastructure and roll out
services in areas that are not profitable
business. The consideration is to be able to
assist the local area by encouraging the
growth of the local economy, which in turn
will be able to contribute to the
acceleration of development.
In the next plan, XL not only
network and services will
offer a course for
disadvantaged areas. XL will
also try to be more
empowering potential
benefits owned by the
telecommunications network
infrastructure and the
internet to be able to develop
the potential of an area more
comprehensively. Concepts
such as the local
empowerment "Smart City"
or "Smart Village" will be the
reference.
In addition, the Government's vision to
build maritime and agriculture is also a
reference XL. Communications and
information technology will be able to help
the efforts to promote fisheries and
agriculture sectors.
Moreover, from this year's 4G service will
probably already be further developed to
support the provision of fast internet
services. He affirmed, XL will explore all the
possibilities that can be done to participate
and support the government's vision.
Currently XL network
has served almost all
provinces across
Indonesia, with 59.6
million subscribers as
customers.
XL optical fiber
backbone network has
reached more than
30,000 km, which
extends and connects all
the main islands,
Sumatra-Java-Bali-
Lombok Sulawesi,
Kalimantan.
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