The Nusantara-connecting fiber optic project (Palapa Ring II) is estimated to span 13,000 kilometers. This project will encompass 11 provinces and 57 regencies/cities, divided into three packages.
Palapa Ring II focuses on financially underserved areas. The government initiated this project to improve public access to information technology. As of 2015, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics recorded that the reach of Indonesia's fiber optic backbone was only 69 percent, covering 346 regencies/cities.
This Phase II project will integrate the existing network. By 2018, this fiber optic project, which began in 2010, will connect 36,000 kilometers of national telecommunications infrastructure. With Palapa Ring, it is hoped that internet speeds will reach 10 Mbps in rural areas and 20 Mbps in urban areas.
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