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Interviews & Viewpoints | Nadiem Makarim, CEO, GO-JEK: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2017
In terms of ICT connectivity, Indonesia is currently in the midst of a national transformation. Over the past decade the country has seen dramatic improvements in telecommunications availability; technology awareness and usage; investment in digital infrastructure by both the government and private sector players; regulatory oversight; and development planning. These trends have been driven by...
The Indonesian government is in the midst of pursuing an ambitious new growth strategy, emphasizing investment over domestic consumption as a primary growth driver in the wake of depressed commodity prices, lagging household consumption and lower-than-anticipated government revenues.
A country of extraordinary diversity, spread across some of the world’s most spectacular, and often inhospitable, terrain, Papua New Guinea today is a country once again at a crossroads. A major economic boom driven by a massive liquefied natural gas project has been swiftly followed by a sharp slowdown as global oil prices fell, and as a result the government has come under some pressure.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Michael Donnelly, CEO, Telikom from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
What benefits would a Melanesian underwater cable have compared to a new link to Australia?
Articles & Analysis | Telecoms firms to roll out 4G and LTE services in Papua New Guinea from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
Increased investments in ICT infrastructure are set to improve PNG’s internet capacity, extending coverage across the country and paving the way to roll out 4G LTE services. With low fixed-line internet and telephone penetration rates in 2015 – at 9.4% and 1.9%, respectively – connectivity in PNG is mainly being driven by mobile phone...