Mark Zuckerberg Campaigns Internet.org to Improve the Quality of the Internet Experience in Indonesia

Facebook founder and initiator Internet.org Mark Zuckerberg visited Indonesia to continue his campaign to expand the use of the Internet globally to reach the two thirds of the world's population who are not yet fully connected to the Internet. Together with Ericsson as a global partner and XL Axiata (XL) as a local partner, Facebook in Internet.org innovates by improving network performance to coverage app up to 70% in Indonesia.

Mark Zuckerberg in his remarks said, "What Internet.org wants to do is help everyone in the world gain access to basic Internet rights in an affordable way. Globally, only about a third of the world's people are currently connected to the Internet and two thirds are not. There are many There are obstacles to achieving this. Some places have technical barriers to infrastructure, in other places there is infrastructure but they are not economically capable to reach them, there are also socio-cultural barriers such as no content in the local language. This time we will focus on economic barriers."

Furthermore, Mark added in a question and answer session with the media, "If every company and person in Indonesia is connected to the Internet, then people will have better access to various goods and services, companies can serve consumers better, business activities will become more efficient. efficient, and in general the prosperity of the country will develop very well."

According to Mark, there are many cultures and innovations in Indonesia that will benefit greatly, if they are connected to the Internet, because they have the opportunity to share with the whole world.

Unlike in India which presents innovation challenge contest With prizes up to $250,000, the workshop in Indonesia focuses on how developers, especially local developers, create mobile applications that are optimized for mobile networks. Internet.org believes that the emphasis on improving network performance and a better customer experience on mobile networks is the key to the success of this program in Indonesia.

Currently 75% of cellular users in Indonesia are on the 2G GSM/EDGE network. XL itself revealed that in 2013 data traffic jumped by 142 percent thanks to half of its customers who have been connected to Internet connectivity. XL has a total of 62,9 million subscribers.

The optimization generated through the process carried out by Facebook, Ericsson, and XL in the form of the number of successfully completed connections (connection completed) in three seconds increases to 70%, time to content increased up to 70%, and upload time increased by up to 50%.

XL CEO Hasnul Suhaimi said, "This is the first time in the world that operators, providers, network technology and application providers work together on one project. XL is proud to have been chosen by Facebook as an operator partner in Indonesia. We believe that coverage app It is important and evident that using the Facebook application for network-wide statistics has proven to be an innovative and efficient way to detect and provide opportunities for optimizing telecommunications networks and applications. "