(Left – right) Head of Aceh Communication, Information and Encryption Agency Marwan Nusuf, Telkom Regional I Sumatra EVP Machsus Kusuma Apriyono, Telkom Commissioner Rizal Mallarangeng, Telkom Consumer Service Director FM Venusiana R, Telkom President Commissioner Rhenald Kasali, Deputy Mayor of Banda Aceh Drs. H. Zainal Arifin, the Aceh Police Chief represented by the Head of the Logistic Facilities AKBP Dedy Sadsono ST posed for a photo during the launch of IndiHome Pesona Aceh program, in Banda Aceh, Monday (5/4).

Banda Aceh, 5 April 2021 – PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) launched "IndiHome Pesona Aceh" program that combines three goals; connectivity, creativity, and charity (3C) to strengthen IndiHome's positioning as a fixed broadband service based on the widest fiber network in Indonesia. The launch in Aceh came a few weeks after the launch of the IndiHome Wonderful Papua program. 

As part of the IndiHome Pesona Aceh program, Telkom represented by its Consumer Service Director Venusiana launched six Wifi.id Corner IndiHome (WiCo) in several locations including Taman Seni dan Budaya, Meulaboh, Kuala Simpang, Takengon, Keuchik Lamgugob, and KM 0 Sabang, in a bid to realizing the first goal, connectivity. 

The launch was held in a hybrid manner with some participants present at the location in Banda Aceh (5/4) which strictly complied to health protocols, while others attended via video conference connected by IndiHome internet network from their respective places.

Venusiana said in her remarks that IndiHome has a target to develop 50 IndiHome Wifi.id Corners in Aceh. The IndiHome's Wifi.id Corner provides a stable internet connection with internet speed of up to 100 Mbps and equipped with chairs, tables and electricity so that the Aceh people and students can easily and conveniently access the internet.

"Currently, IndiHome's broadband internet service in Aceh is 100% full fiber and covers the entire province, in five municipalities and 18 districts or 289 sub-districts and 6,497 villages. We hope that the Wifi.id Corner IndiHome could be the right location where Aceh communities can foster creativity and explore interesting ideas," Venusiana said.

In terms of creativity, IndiHome Pesona Aceh calls on communities across Indonesia to be creative and recognize and promote Acehnese culture through a series of competitions entitled “Exciting Content with IndiHome” consisting of Acehnese dance competitions, poetry and short films.

In addition, IndiHome held webinars with professionals. The first webinar was themed "Creating Fun Content" which featured local content creators @Sengklekmen and Handoko as national content creators. The second webinar, themed “Catchy Words Boost Sales” which featured local speakers and well known book writers Khalil Tok Tok and Yuswohady. 

“On the same occasion, IndiHome Telkom Regional I Sumatra called on the Indonesian people to celebrate the blessed month of Ramadan with Ramadan Vaganza program which consists of four competitions, including Tahfiz Quran, Murattal, Little Da'i (Preacher) and Azan (call of prayer). The registration opens on April 5 to May 14, 2021 on the website https://indihome.co.id/pesona-aceh. This is a form of IndiHome present to Indonesia," Telkom Regional I Sumatra Executive Vice President Machsus Kusuma Apriyono. 

IndiHome Pesona Aceh reflects its third goal, charity, by spreading kindness and prosperity through various social activities such as donating hundreds of millions rupiah aids that focus on the environment, health, and Islamic boarding schools to communitie in Gampong Nusa, a village that manages waste into handicrafts, the Darah Untuk Aceh Foundation “Our House” dedicated to people with blood cancer, and Dayah Syamsul Fata as one of the Islamic boarding schools that houses orphans. 

As Indonesia's internet, IndiHome believes that even connectivity from Sabang to Merauke can foster a creative digital society. IndiHome Pesona Aceh is expected to lmake Indonesia better and could realize Indonesia's digital sovereignty.