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        "id": 1435176,
        "msgid": "telecoms-society-proposes-new-ministry-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-10-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "Telecoms society proposes new ministry",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Telecoms society proposes new ministry JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Telecommunications Society (Mastel) proposed on Thursday the establishment of a new ministry to oversee telecommunications, broadcasting, multimedia and information technology. The head of Mastel's organization and government affairs division, Rahardjo Tjakraningrat, said at a media conference on Friday the future development of these sectors would be more efficient and coherent if they were integrated under one ministry.",
        "content": "<p>Telecoms society proposes new ministry<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Telecommunications Society<br>\n(Mastel) proposed on Thursday the establishment of a new ministry<br>\nto oversee telecommunications, broadcasting, multimedia and<br>\ninformation technology.<\/p>\n<p>The head of Mastel's organization and government affairs<br>\ndivision, Rahardjo Tjakraningrat, said at a media conference on<br>\nFriday the future development of these sectors would be more<br>\nefficient and coherent if they were integrated under one<br>\nministry.<\/p>\n<p>\"The integration of these sectors under one ministry would<br>\nhelp the government cut unnecessary bureaucratic chains and<br>\nbecome more focused on the future development of these<br>\ninterrelated sectors,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the new government should not delay merging these<br>\nsectors into one ministry if it did not want to be left behind by<br>\nthe current global trend of the convergency of<br>\ntelecommunications, broadcasting, multimedia and information<br>\ntechnology industries.<\/p>\n<p>Mastel executive director Risa Bhinekawati said some countries<br>\nhad already consolidated telecommunications, multimedia,<br>\nbroadcasting and information technology under one ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\"These countries include Singapore, Australia, Korea, Malaysia<br>\nand the Philippines,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the telecommunications industry in Indonesia is<br>\noverseen by the Ministry of Communications, broadcasting by the<br>\nMinistry of Information and information technology by the<br>\nMinistry of Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>Telecommunications was previously under the now defunct<br>\ntourism, post and telecommunications ministry. The government<br>\nmerged telecommunications into the Ministry of Communications,<br>\nformerly known as the transportation ministry, in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Rahardjo said the technical and commercial development of the<br>\ntelecommunications, broadcasting, multimedia and information<br>\ntechnology sectors would in the near future be very much<br>\ninterrelated, so they needed to be handled more seriously and<br>\ncoherently under \"one roof\".<\/p>\n<p>Indications of the convergence of these sectors in Indonesia<br>\nare not obvious, but can be detected in the steady growth of the<br>\nInternet, electronic commerce and other multimedia services, he<br>\nsaid. (cst)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/telecoms-society-proposes-new-ministry-1447893297",
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