{"id":4214,"date":"2021-12-16T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itu-app42371.pagelyhosting.com\/wtpf21\/en\/?post_type=itu_policy_statement&#038;p=4214"},"modified":"2021-12-17T17:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:13:05","slug":"ministry-of-communications-and-informatics-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"itu_policy_statement","link":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/itu_policy_statements\/ministry-of-communications-and-informatics-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WTPF-21: Mira Tayyiba, Vice Minister, Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Indonesia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfQ39XFtmYM?list=PLpoIPNlF8P2O_0TKyxw_YsjrYOl-1pqgJ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excellencies,&nbsp;Ministers,&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Secretary General of ITU,&nbsp;<\/strong>Mr.&nbsp;Houlin&nbsp;Zhao,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distinguished delegates,&nbsp;Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Greetings from Indonesia.<\/strong>&nbsp;Allow me&nbsp;to&nbsp;express&nbsp;my&nbsp;sincere&nbsp;congratulations&nbsp;to the ITU for the successful convening of&nbsp;the<strong>&nbsp;Sixth World Telecommunication\/ICT Policy Forum<\/strong>.&nbsp;The theme of this year\u2019s forum&nbsp;is&nbsp;indeed&nbsp;crucial,&nbsp;as&nbsp;the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in an unprecedented way,&nbsp;creating&nbsp;unlimited&nbsp;potentials for emerging technologies such as&nbsp;5G,&nbsp;Artificial Intelligence&nbsp;(AI),&nbsp;Internet of Things (IoT), and many others, to grow.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>During the pandemic, AI and Big Data&nbsp;technologies&nbsp;have contributed&nbsp;greatly&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<strong>COVID-19 handling efforts,<\/strong>&nbsp;for example in assessing infection risks, predicting evolution of the virus, as well as tracking and tracing cases of the disease.&nbsp;This year, UNCTAD reported that emerging technologies already represent a&nbsp;<strong>USD 350 billion market<\/strong>,&nbsp;of&nbsp;which&nbsp;the market&nbsp;could grow&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>USD 3.2 trillion by 2025<\/strong>. It means&nbsp;that in&nbsp;less than 5 years, the market of emerging technologies will grow&nbsp;by&nbsp;almost&nbsp;<strong>ten-fold.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excellencies,&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li>While it is true that emerging technologies pose many opportunities for improving people\u2019s lives&nbsp;and generating economic values,&nbsp;it is important to note that technology&nbsp;disruption&nbsp;has never been neutral\u2014<strong>it creates winners and losers.&nbsp;<\/strong>On this note, we must be cautious of the challenges that could rise from a&nbsp;<strong>digital paradox<\/strong>, especially in some parts of the world where digital divide remains existing. Without a holistic approach and deliberate efforts, rapid digital innovation could exacerbate the existing gaps and inequalities within society, due to issues related to the lack of access to&nbsp;<strong>connectivity, affordable internet services, or digital skills<\/strong>, as outlined in the ITU\u2019s Secretary General\u2019s Report.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\"><li>Having acknowledged these&nbsp;challenges,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Government of Indonesia&nbsp;believes that digital transformation must be&nbsp;<strong>inclusive and empowering<\/strong>, to further realize&nbsp;the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals&nbsp;of leaving no one behind.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>In increasing&nbsp;the growth and innovation&nbsp;of emerging technologies,&nbsp;while bridging the digital divide,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ministry of Communications and Informatics&nbsp;has initiated&nbsp;several policies and programs, namely:&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Farming and&nbsp;refarming&nbsp;frequency spectrum,&nbsp;<\/strong>to meet&nbsp;a total of&nbsp;<strong>2,047 MHz&nbsp;<\/strong>frequency spectrum demand by the end of 2024, to support the 5G network deployment.&nbsp;Since June this year, 5G networks have been commercially available in 9 areas in Indonesia;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li><strong>Neutral technology policy,<\/strong>\u202fwhich enables flexibility&nbsp;for&nbsp;telecommunication providers&nbsp;to&nbsp;utilize&nbsp;allocated radio frequency spectrum to implement 3G, 4G, or 5G technology;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li><strong>Analog Switch Off by November 2022&nbsp;<\/strong>to allow utilization of a digital dividend in the 700 MHz band for&nbsp;wide-coverage&nbsp;5G deployments<strong>;&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\"><li><strong>Facilitating spectrum and telecommunication infrastructure&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;<\/strong>to optimize&nbsp;utilization of resources,&nbsp;as well as to&nbsp;foster growth and competitiveness of service providers, especially with the advent of 5G networks<strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li>Concurrently,&nbsp;we believe that&nbsp;the&nbsp;development of emerging technologies&nbsp;requires&nbsp;a collaborative effort&nbsp;of all stakeholders. In&nbsp;this regard, Indonesia implements&nbsp;<strong>blended&nbsp;financing&nbsp;approach<\/strong>&nbsp;through the&nbsp;<strong>Universal Service Obligation (USO)<\/strong>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<strong>Public Private Partnership (PPP)<\/strong>&nbsp;schemes&nbsp;to support&nbsp;massive&nbsp;and accelerative&nbsp;infrastructure development,&nbsp;including in the&nbsp;remote&nbsp;areas.&nbsp;On&nbsp;this opportunity, we&nbsp;also&nbsp;reaffirm the valuable&nbsp;work of international organizations, such as the ITU,&nbsp;in assisting&nbsp;countries with&nbsp;trainings, technical guidance, and provision of experts, to support&nbsp;the&nbsp;transfer of knowledge and&nbsp;accelerate&nbsp;technology&nbsp;adoption&nbsp;globally.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"6\"><li>To end my remarks, I would like to highlight that as an incoming Chair of G20 Digital Economy Working Group, the&nbsp;Ministry of Communications and Informatics&nbsp;will also discuss the opportunities and challenges those emerging technologies brought to the digital landscape, through our three priority issues, namely:&nbsp;<strong>(i)<\/strong>&nbsp;Post COVID-19 recovery and&nbsp;connectivity;<strong>&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;<\/strong>Digital skills and literacy; and&nbsp;<strong>(iii)&nbsp;<\/strong>Cross-border data flow and data free flow with trust.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\"><li>Finally, I would like to&nbsp;congratulate the ITU once again&nbsp;for the&nbsp;successful&nbsp;forum today and I wish&nbsp;all the delegates&nbsp;a&nbsp;fruitful discussion.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thank you.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":4732,"template":"","statement_category":[],"statement_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4214","itu_policy_statement","type-itu_policy_statement","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itu_policy_statement\/4214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itu_policy_statement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/itu_policy_statement"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"statement_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/statement_category?post=4214"},{"taxonomy":"statement_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/statement_tag?post=4214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}