Indonesia will launch a network adopting the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) broadband technology next year to improve access to the Internet across the country, an official said Sunday quoted by the Jakarta Post.
"We hope that by next year, WiMAX technology will be implemented," said Engkos Koswara, an expert adviser to Indonesian State Minister for Research and Technology, at the promotion of Indonesia Goes Open Source (IGOS) program.
According to him, Indonesian government is testing the 2.3 GHz frequency for the WiMAX technology at present.
He added that the government would encourage the use of domestic products to support the technology, adding that the government was still testing the Indonesia ranks very low in the Southeast Asian region in the use of broadband for Internet access.
Source:Xinhua
