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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Elon Musk with Indonesia’s Maritime and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Denpasar. — AFP pic
DENPASAR, May 19 — Tech billionaire Elon Musk landed today on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali where he aims to launch his Starlink service to extend internet to remote areas of the country.
Millions of people in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, are not currently hooked up to reliable internet services.
Musk, making his first visit to the South-east Asian nation, is scheduled to launch Starlink alongside President Joko Widodo at a clinic in Bali’s capital Denpasar this afternoon.
Maritime and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said Starlink “has the capability to reach even the most remote areas of Indonesia”.
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“I had the opportunity to pick up Elon at the airport this morning and then discuss some of his agenda items while he’s here,” the minister wrote on his official Instagram account.
“One of the key topics was the launch of the Starlink internet service.”
According to Luhut, Musk will also speak at the World Water Forum, which is currently being held on the holiday island.
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Starlink’s services will be trialled this month in Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara on the island of Borneo, which will open its doors in August, according to officials.
The Indonesian government is moving the capital from traffic-clogged Jakarta, where researchers say large areas could be underwater by 2050 due to rising sea levels and land subsidence.
After the trial, Starlink, which acquired a permit to operate in Indonesia earlier this month, could be rolled out commercially across the archipelago.
Starlink is already available in South-east Asia in Malaysia and the Philippines.
Using a network of low Earth orbit satellites, Starlink can provide internet to remote locations or areas that have had normal communications infrastructure disabled.
According to the World Bank, about two-thirds of Indonesia’s roughly 270 million people had access to the internet as of 2022. — AFP
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