Collaboration Telkomsel and Startups Through the TINC Program

Openness is one of the principles generally owned by the founders or founder digital startups. Openness to admit one's own shortcomings, and willing to learn various things from the knowledge and experiences of others. The principle of openness founder This is what also creates a culture of collaboration in the startup ecosystem, so that nowadays the term collaboration is increasingly found and seems to be attached to startup culture.

In addition to establishing various collaborations with fellow digital startups or communities, collaborations with corporate companies are also increasingly being found. In this modern era, many companies are starting to open up and build various platforms to collaborate with startups. One of which is Telkomsel through the program TINC (Telkomsel Innovation Center) which has a focus on developing IoT technology for various industrial sectors in Indonesia.

Several collaborations with startups with IoT solutions have been carried out through the TINC program, ranging from solutions telemonitoring with Intank and Indi Tracking, bike sharing with Banopolis, waste management with SMASH, agriculture with Mertani and Habibi Garden, and aquaculture with Jala, Fishgator, and eFishery. These various collaborations are not only benefited by Telkomsel or related startups, but also have a real impact on the people who are the target market.

TINC collaboration with eFishery

One form of collaboration that has been carried out by Telkomsel is collaborating with eFishery for presenting a digital fishing village in Indramayu, West Java. Through this program, fish farmers in the Losarang aquaculture area, Indramayu Regency can take advantage of their products automatic fish feeder in fish ponds to increase feed efficiency and speed up the fish harvest cycle.

Collaboration between automated fish feed technology solutions that can be controlled via smartphones from eFishery, the application of NB-IoT technology (Narrowband Internet of Things) from Telkomsel, plus Japfa, which provides quality fish feeds, makes the synergy of these three companies even stronger in bringing benefits to the community in Losarang, Indramayu.

Gibran Huzaifah as the founder of eFishery explained that their vision is bring the future of aquaculture. According to him, fisheries cultivators in Indonesia are one of the best in the world. Through the solution developed by eFishery, he hopes that Indonesia can become a pioneer in aquaculture practices that prioritize the use of technology. He is also happy that the initiative and its products can facilitate collaboration between Telkomsel as the largest digital service provider in Indonesia with the West Java provincial government having an extraordinary vision to develop rural areas.

eFishery is quite successful in inviting fish farmers to be technology literate, starting from smart feeders and supporting applications. Introducing smartphone technology to traditional fish farmers is also interesting. Chrisna Aditya, CTO of eFishery explained that initially the farmers used smartphones only to operate feeder just. However, after learning that smartphones can be used to watch YouTube, they became interested in learning more about fish farming.

Aggressively, eFishery also continues develop technology in their products. One of them is to test the use of 5G technology together Telkomsel in West java. In addition to eFisheryFeeder, currently they are also developing eFisheryFresh which absorbs the harvest of various fishery commodities directly from local cultivators and fishermen which we then market to various consumers, as well as eFisheryFund as a financing system for cultivators.

TINC collaboration with Jala

Other collaborations that have been done by Telkomsel is with Jala, a startup agrotech which focuses on the utilization and development of technology in the aquatic sector, particularly in shrimp farming. In its business, Jala offers products in the form of a combination of internet-connected water quality measurement tools and data-based analysis systems for better cultivation.

Jala and TINC had collaborated to conduct research and integrate their Nb-IoT technology Telkomsel with Jala's technology. Apart from the form join product development, Telkomsel also collaborated from a business perspective with Jala, one of the steps was to find potential in new markets for both parties. Liris Maduningtyas, CEO of Jala said that his party felt helped in terms of expanding market access.

“TINC and Jala are trying to do exploration market new together. Here we find it helpful to be connected with several parties who might be suitable to collaborate with Jala,” he added about the opportunity market access which is offered Telkomsel.

TINC collaboration with ELTISIA

Rezayanti Novia Putrika Dewi from ELTISIA, one of the startups participating in the 3rd batch of TINC incubation program revealed, “Collaboration between startups and corporations is very important, because at the commercialization stage, startups require network stakeholders needed from the corporate side, in addition to producing these products requires production operational capital with a certain quantity, in order to get a competitive price.”

Through LIFTINC products, they developed a system monitoring forklifts IoT based with product usage Telkomsel in the form of an industrial SIM card. TINC's incubation program is recognized as very helpful in the product development process. The impact that is quite felt in the business also includes the timeliness of the project and the accuracy of the output to be achieved. "In TINC incubation, intensive communication is carried out, weekly meetings for Update development project, Update problems encountered, and TINC tried to provide insight to us. Our team has become more solid to achieve the targets we have set. We also always get Update latest about product telkomsel for support our product." said Rezayanti.

Collaborate with Telkomsel can be a great opportunity for startups to develop themselves, both in terms of technology and business. Currently, Telkomsel opened the 4th batch of TINC for startups with technology solutions for various industrial sectors. Register immediately to TINC via dly. social/tinc.

Disclosure: This article is a sponsored article endorsed by Telkomsel.