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        "msgid": "mastel-urges-telecom-operators-to-transform-into-ai-businesses-heres-why-1777499558",
        "date": "2026-04-30 01:52:24",
        "title": "Mastel Urges Telecom Operators to Transform into AI Businesses, Here's Why!",
        "author": " ",
        "source": "GALERT",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "The Chairman of the Indonesian Telematics Society (Mastel), Sarwoto Atmosutarno, has called on telecom operators in Indonesia to evolve from bandwidth-focused models to algorithm and AI-driven businesses to keep pace with technological advancements. Speaking at the IndoTelko Forum 2026, he emphasised the critical role of integrating AI with 5G networks and viewing Indonesia's connectivity challenges as opportunities for growth. Sarwoto praised the government's regulatory support and highlighted emerging potentials in IoT, robotics, and fixed mobile convergence to drive a national digital transformation towards an AI-driven society.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The Chairman of the Indonesian Telematics Society (Mastel),\nSarwoto Atmosutarno, has urged telecom operators in Indonesia to\ntransform in line with the times. The telecom business is assessed as\nneeding to shift from mere bandwidth management to models based on\nalgorithms and artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>The statement was delivered by Sarwoto at the IndoTelko Forum 2026 in\nJakarta on Tuesday (29\/4\/2026). According to him, the future of the\ntelecommunications industry will be determined by the ability to\nleverage AI and 5G networks simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important lesson I take home today is whether operators are\ntruly moving from being just bandwidth-driven businesses to also\nalgorithm-driven businesses,\u201d said Sarwoto.<\/p>\n<p>He did not deny that Indonesia\u2019s position in connectivity development\nis still lagging. However, this situation must be viewed as a challenge\nthat can be turned into growth opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those figures, let\u2019s convert them into nice problems for\nIndonesia,\u201d he hoped. Optimism, according to him, is a crucial asset to\naccelerate the national digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Sarwoto assessed that the government has taken the right position as\nan orchestrator and enabler. Regulatory support, including potential\nnon-tax state revenue (PNBP) incentives, is deemed crucial to accelerate\n5G and AI investments.<\/p>\n<p>Besides regulation, operators also need to prepare clear monetisation\nstrategies. 5G development, he said, cannot rely solely on device\npenetration.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, significant potential comes from the Internet of\nThings (IoT), robotics, to services requiring very low latency. Sarwoto\nalso highlighted the importance of fixed mobile convergence (FMC).<\/p>\n<p>In the future, society will need integrated services without\nseparating fixed and mobile networks. \u201cThis is what is being pushed\ntowards how we move towards what is called an AI-driven society,\u201d he\nexplained.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mastel-urges-telecom-operators-to-transform-into-ai-businesses-heres-why-1777499558",
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