Policy Approaches in Internet Connectivity Infrastructure: Indonesia as the Future Digital Hub in Asia Pacific

The data-driven digital economy has brought massive disruption in ways of doing business. It allows the digitization of the supply chain, faster and more efficient financial transactions, and operational excellence. Despite already seeing monumental growth, Indonesia’s digital economy still has space to grow and mature. Its market size also brings the potential for the country to become a digital hub for the Asia Pacific region. Current geopolitical dynamics that impact the way companies reconsider their market presence in the region, may also place Indonesia as a potentially appealing market to enter.

Impeding these potentials are challenges in upscaling, expanding the reach and increasing bandwidth capacities of the country’s internet connectivity infrastructure. Here, subsea fiber optic cable systems and data centers are requisites for boosting a data-driven digital economy. However Indonesian regulations regarding these issues are not met without concerns and there remain key socio-economic, security, and environmental issues to be…