ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat) and Starlink signed a collaboration for enterprise segment services in various regions in Indonesia.
The PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Group ensures that cooperation does not interfere with national security and sovereignty.
The signing was carried out by the Main Director of Telkomsat, Lukman Hakim Abd. Rauf with VP Starlink Commercial Sales.
Lukman said this collaboration allows Telkomsat to roll out Starlink-based business services that are competitive and equivalent to the business package offerings offered through the Starlink website.
“The momentum of this collaboration further strengthens Telkomsat’s position as Starlink’s first and main strategic partner in Indonesia,” said Lukman in a press release, Saturday, May 18 2024.
Reporting from the official Starlink page, the Starlink Enteprise package is divided into three packages, namely Fixed Location, Land Mobility and Maritime.
Backhaul
Telkomsat has collaborated with Starlink since 2021 and has been providing Starlink backhaul services since 2022 by utilizing anchoring rights granted by the government.
Backhaul is a path that connects from a Base Station to another Base Station or from a Base Station to the core network. In rural areas, this is an issue considering that the geography of rural areas is steep and difficult to reach by fiber optics, even microwaves.
“The backhaul infrastructure deployed by Telkomsat is able to provide quality satellite connectivity services while still guaranteeing national data sovereignty and security,” said Lukman.
Telkom’s SVP Corporate and Communication, Ahmad Reza, said that the collaboration shows the company’s commitment to continuing to support government programs to accelerate equal distribution of connectivity throughout Indonesia.
“Especially for 3T (Disadvantaged, Frontier and Outermost) areas,” said Reza.
In addition to the Starlink service, Telkomsat, which has just successfully launched and operated the Merah Putih 2 Satellite at the beginning of this year, also continues to show its seriousness in increasing capacity and providing connectivity in areas that have not received terrestrial and cellular connectivity services (unserved) and areas that have received terrestrial and cellular connectivity, but not yet adequate (underserved). (ATN)
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