Telkomsel To Build Four BTS Towers in Dharmasraya

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Telkomsel To Build Four BTS Towers in Dharmasraya

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Pulau Punjung, (Antaranews Sumbar) - PT Telkomsel in 2018 will build telecommunication towers or Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in four sub-districts in Dharmasraya District, West Sumatra as an effort to improve the means of communication networks in the area.

"The construction will begin soon, provider from Telkomsel has given signal about that," Secretary of Communication and Informatics Office of Dharmasraya, Hendri stated in Pulau Punjung, Tuesday.

Dharmasraya Government proposed tower development to PT Telkomsel since last year, from 16 proposals, there are four approved development done in 2018.

He conveyed the four points are located in Timpeh, Koto Besar, Koto Baru, and Koto Salak.

"Hopefully, the desire of community to get good network access will be realized without any obstacles in the development process, especially in those four areas," he explained.

He said the rise of BTS towers will result in wider range of communications in the area.

"Currently, some nagari (traditional villages) in Dharmasraya are still experiencing communication network disruptions due to its hilly geographical location, and no signal," he said.

On the other hand, he mentioned the need of people to get access to information quickly and accurately through the internet and mobile phones is very large.

"All information can be accessed easily and quickly only by smart phone, while at this time around 12 point of network facility is not good or blank spot, for that we gradually do equality," he added. (cha)