GSMA And IOH Improve Indonesia's Environmental Resilience With IoT Technology

The signing of the MoU by IOH and GSMA at MWC 2023 Barcelona (photo: dock. IOH)

JAKARTA - Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) and the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) officially signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 event at Barcelona.

The purpose of this collaboration is to increase the resilience of Indonesia's environment and economy by developing cellular-based mitigation for various climate change issues.

In addition, based on the MoU, the two parties will jointly carry out a mangrove conversion program and efforts to increase the productivity of shrimp and crab cultivators using Internet of Things (IoT) technology in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.

This partnership will be run through the Mobile Innovation Hub GSMA, which was created in its partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft f\"ur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), which was assigned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic and Development Cooperation (BMZ).

"We believe that this real action that utilizes digital technology will increase the environmental and economic resilience of the surrounding community in North Kalimantan," said Indosat Ooredoo President Director and CEO Hutchison, totaling Sinha in an official statement.

This sustainable program will also have a positive impact on the preservation of Indonesia's nature as well as improve the nation's economy in the future.

Totaling also explains that this cooperation background is part of priority issues that have been discussed at the Climate Sustainability Working Group (CSWG) as a series of G20s.

GSMA memperkuat komitmennya untuk mengatasi tantangan iklim global dengan mendukung program nyata yang memanfaatkan inovasi digital untuk mengatasi dampak iklim. Kami melakukan pekerjaan ini bersama dengan dukungan kami yang lebih luas terhadap upaya industri seluler untuk mencapai Net Zero, ujar Chief Regulatory Officer at GSMA and President Mobile for Development Foundation, John Giusti.

The program, which will be carried out in North Kalimantan Province, has two forms of activity. The first is the Mapping of Marine and Coastal Participatorys which uses geospatial technology to improve regional planning and policy making, especially for seaweed farming.

While the second activity is the Digitization of Environmentally Friendly Shrimp Cultivation by using IoT-based monitoring tools so that their productivity increases.

IOH not only connects the Indonesian people, but also empowers its people with the use of digital technology. By bringing the spirit of gotong royong, we will continue to be the main collaborators for strategic partnerships in achieving this goal, "concludedter.