Palapa Ring Integration PPP project in Surabaya

project in planning

The project involves the construction of a high-capacity fiber optic backbone network in various districts and cities of Indonesia and should improve the value of the regional gross domestic product (GDP) values, expand digital opportunities in areas that are underserved by the existing backbone network to reduce the digital divide and grow Indonesia's digital economy and transformation. The project is a continuation of the existing Palapa Ring and is being prepared to cover 78 districts and cities in 14 provinces, with a population of around 16.4 million people. The project plans to build 46 hop radio links and 11,610 km of fiber optic networks comprising 8,601 km of land cables and 3,009 km of submarine cables.