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Government of Indonesia called investors to decrease digital divide

By Erny Setyawati

Government of Indonesia through Communication and Information Technology Ministry called Investors to decrease Digital Divide. Indonesia that have millions islands, unique cultures
and varieties languages has Digital Divide problem. Remote islands have difficulties
to communicate and lack information, so that the improvement of human resources
is far from not remote islands. To break the problems, Communication and Information
Technology Ministry launched Ring program. The purposes of the program, called
investor to improve Telecommunication in remote islands. The responsive investors
start to build many BTS (Base transceiver station) in remote village so that
communication can run well. Few advantages can be taken By people from remote
island,

1. People can communicate well with others improved islands.

2. Create new entrepreneurs, especiall in phone cellular business, Internet café business.

3. Improved trade, Small Medium Enterprise can sell their products through well
communication.

4. Easy getting information.

5. The good infrastructure of BTS gives opportunity to access Internet so that
people can get information globally.