Readiness Of XL Axiata And Telkomsel For The Online Academic Year In Indonesia

Illustration of school readiness in the new academic year (Twitter @kemdikbudRI)

JAKARTA - Today the new academic year 2020/2021 for students and equals has started. Different from the previous year, this time the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) implemented a Distance Learning (PJJ) or online system.

This is because the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic has made teaching and learning activities in DKI Jakarta carried out online, even since March 16, 2020. Entering the new academic year 2020/2021 with conditions that are still pandemic, the Ministry of Education and Culture has decided to continue implementing PJJ in learning activities. and teach.

Although there is no special preparation, a number of cellular operators are still preparing their networks and data services to support teaching and learning activities. Like what XL Axiata did, which still enforced network policies during the Work From Home (WFH) policy or learning from home some time ago.

"Since the implementation of the WFH policy and learning from home by the government, XL Axiata has anticipated both the network readiness and the data services provided to support the comfort of customers and the community, including welcoming a new school year for school children," said the Group. Head of Corporate Communication of XL Axiata Tri Wahyuningsih to VOI, Monday, July 13.

According to Ayu, the network readiness that XL Axiata has done is monitoring network performance and quality for 24 hours to anticipate potential traffic spikes. If there is an increase in service traffic, Ayu said that XL Axiata will balance the traffic to ensure network performance is maintained.

"We are also adding capacity and network expansion at 4,000 to 6,000 points / sites in various regions following the development of daily traffic increases, including particularly in residential areas," said Ayu.

"For XL Axiata 4G service access speed is currently around 12-15 Mbps in all cities," he added.

Telkomsel

The same thing was also conveyed by GM External Corporate Communications, Aldin Hasyim, to welcome the online learning process in the New Academic Year. A number of packages and services have been launched to help students adapt to doing online learning independently from home.

"Telkomsel has provided the Ilmupedia Free Access Package from March 16 to May 31, 2020, by activating the package, Telkomsel customers get 30 GB for Rp. 0 which can be used to access the campus online learning and e-learning applications that have collaborated with Ilmupedia," said Aldin. in a written statement as received by VOI.

The Ilmupedia service is the result of cooperation between Telkomsel and more than 10 online learning applications and supports access to more than 180 e-learning campuses throughout Indonesia. This service is also supported by a conference quota package that can be used for online learning purposes via teleconference.

#SahabatDikbud, let's see the important points in the Guidelines for Implementation of Learning for the New Academic Year and Academic Year in the following Covid-19 Pandemic Period! #SeruBelajarKeb Habit New pic.twitter.com/H4LRy0y0PV

- #MerdekaBelajar (@Kemdikbud_RI) July 8, 2020

Meanwhile, to anticipate the increase in broadband traffic in order to support this centralization of online activities including online learning activities remotely, Telkomsel has certainly prepared our network. Some of them are by increasing the capacity of the internet gateway to 6.100 Gbps (6 Tbps).

"In addition, Telkomsel has also just launched VoLTE service, which is a telephone service based on the 4G LTE network. With this technology, people can use the internet without being interrupted so that #DiRumahBisaTerusBelajar connections continue to run smoothly," he added.