Ashwin Sasongko, Director General of Information Technology Application, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said that at the end of this year, every district in Indonesia will be connected to the internet. This is said after inaugurating Indonesia ICT Award (INAICTA) 2012 in Jakarta on Tuesday.
As quoted by Antaranews, by the end of this year, 100% of all 5748 points in the capital district in Indonesia will be connected to the internet through Penyediaan Layanan Internet Kecamatan (PLIK) – District Internet Service Provider. PLIK is a program of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology launched in early 2010 in hopes of eliminating the communication gap between communities in Indonesia that are constrained by the width and contour of Indonesian region which consists of more than 17,000 islands.
