Papua Provincial Government Supports the Development of the Integrated Palapa Ring

The government will build an Integrated Palapa Ring project that passes through 14 provinces in Indonesia, which has been stated in the Regulation of the Minister of the Economy (Permenko Ekonomi) Number 09 of 2022 concerning Amendments to the Regulation of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Number 07 of 2021 concerning Changes to the List of National Strategic Projects.

To reporters via his cell phone, the Head of the Papuan Communications and Informatics Service, Jeri A. Yudianto, stated that regarding the plan, the Papuan Provincial Government is ready to give full support, in order to break the gap in telecommunications services in the Bumi Cenderawasih area.

“The Integrated Palapa Ring aims to erase the digital divide in Indonesia. PRI connects 14 provinces and 78 regencies/cities as well as 129 cities with a fiber optic network of 11,610 km and 46 hops microwave links”.

“Meanwhile, the Palapa Ring is integrated in Papua under the Project Code P-34 and P-28 starting from Serui to Sawai to Teba to Sarmi, continuing to Jayapura, while P-17 starts from Keppi–Bade–Merauke. PRI in Papua is expected to increase Internet bandwidth capacity in every area it passes through, and is also expected to be one of the contingency links in the northern region of the island of Papua which often experiences cut offs because there is a ring looping from Jayapura to Serui and outside Papua, "explained Jeri, Tuesday (1 /11/2022).

Jeri admits that for its construction, it is suspected that there will be obstacles in the licensing process due to the dynamics of the expansion of the New Autonomous Region (DOB) which will make the RTRW in Papua undergo adjustments.

"Because the Integrated Palapa Ring is one of the routes in the South Papua region. However, we hope that with the support of the community and the district/city government, this project can be implemented for the continuity of telecommunication services in Bumi Cenderawasih," he said.

SOURCE: https://reportasepapua.co.id/pemprov-papua-support-pembinaan-palapa-ring-tertegra/