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        "msgid": "telecommunications-traffic-predicted-to-surge-by-40-per-cent-during-eid-2026-1773384766",
        "date": "2026-03-13 13:14:18",
        "title": "Telecommunications traffic predicted to surge by 40 per cent during Eid 2026",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Digital predicts a 30-40 per cent increase in telecommunications traffic during the two-week Eid holiday in March 2026, driven partly by government work-from-anywhere policies. The government is mobilising task forces and coordinating with mobile operators to maintain service quality, including deploying 35 radio frequency monitoring units and combining 4G and 5G networks across high-traffic areas.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2014 Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Communications and Digital has\npredicted that telecommunications traffic will surge by up to 40 per\ncent during the Eid holiday period in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary General Ismail stated that the roughly two-week Eid break\nwill create significant implications for the spike in telecommunications\ntraffic, estimated at between 30-40 per cent according to reports. He\nmade the remarks in central Jakarta on Friday during a briefing on the\nlaunch of telecommunications monitoring task forces at the Ministry of\nCommunications and Digital (Kemkomdigi) office.<\/p>\n<p>Additional factors contributing to the projected increase in\ntelecommunications usage during the 2026 Eid break include government\nrecommendations to implement work-from-anywhere (WFA) policies for\nemployees.<\/p>\n<p>To maintain the quality of telecommunications services during the Eid\nal-Fitr holiday of 1447 Hijrah, the government is collaborating with\nmobile operators to deploy task forces providing services at dedicated\ntelecommunications monitoring posts operating from 13-29 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already prepared well for this situation, with mobile\noperators preparing backup plans to expand network capacity in areas\nprone to crowd congestion,\u201d said Ismail. \u201cWe are combining 4G and 5G\nnetworks. Even as we introduce 5G, 4G remains as the baseline. This is\nespecially important during Eid, given the anticipated traffic\nsurge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government is also intensifying monitoring of radio frequency\nspectrum to ensure telecommunications service issues can be detected and\nresolved promptly.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2026 Eid break, Kemkomdigi will deploy 35 Technical\nImplementation Units of Radio Frequency Spectrum Monitoring Centres to\noversee the quality of telecommunications services provided by mobile\noperators.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/telecommunications-traffic-predicted-to-surge-by-40-per-cent-during-eid-2026-1773384766",
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