Telkom Group Ensures Internet Network In Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital

Internet network illustration (doc. Telkomsel)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) is preparing a number of supporting equipment to make Kemayoran Athlete's House a Corona Emergency Hospital (RS). One of them is by strengthening internet signals for handling COVID-19 pandemic patients.

This was revealed by BUMN Minister Erick Thohir after checking the readiness of the Athlete House a few days ago. After this direction, Telkom Group also took the initiative to provide internet services to support smooth communication for medical personnel and officers deployed at the location of the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital.

"The availability of telecommunication services and fast access to information will be one of the important factors to support medical personnel and the task force team in carrying out their duties. For that we provide good telecommunication facilities," said Telkom's President Director, Ririek Adriansyah in his official statement.

The services provided include strengthening Telkomsel's cellular signal and providing internet access, either dedicated or via Wifi.id access, including IndiHome services. Mobile Base Transceiver Station (BTS) is also deployed to the location to support cellular signal amplification.

Ririek also said that his party had provided Astinet (dedicated internet) 2 x 100 Mbps for internet services, IndiHome 4 x 100 Mbps, Wifi.id access 3 x 100Mb and additional hunting numbers for Call Center 119 for the Ministry of Health. Apart from this infrastructure, TelkomGroup also prepares other supporting devices such as servers, PCs, printers, and TVs.

"Overall support for data and internet access needs has been prepared and can be used in accordance with the operational plan for the Corona Virus Emergency Hospital today," he added.

In addition, specifically at the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran location, additional network infrastructure has been added by operating 1 unit of Compact Mobile BTS (COMBAT) with 4G technology using the spectrum of 1800 and 2300 MHz.

"All network security activities in the three locations have now been completed and are ready to be utilized by all parties," said President Director of Telkomsel Setyanto Hantoro.

As is known, the Corona Emergency Hospital at Wisma Atlet has been inaugurated by President Joko Widodo. There will be four towers at Wisma Atlet which can be directly used to treat Covid-19 patients.

The four towers prepared are Tower 1, Tower 3, Tower 6, and Tower 7. The Corona Emergency Hospital at Wisma Athlete can accommodate at least 2,000 beds.