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First Digital Bridge Connecting Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

MaritimeEnvironment And Natural Resou…EcosystemsForests Rivers Oceans

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The launch of the Pukpuk submarine cable is a telecom infrastructure investment by PT Telkom Indonesia. It directly affects international bandwidth capacity and digital connectivity between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The commercial mechanism is capex_cycle: Telkom's subsidiary Telin is deploying capital to expand submarine cable assets, which may improve revenue from wholesale bandwidth and enterprise services. No immediate scarcity or price impact; the project is a long-term capacity expansion. Impact is region-specific (Eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).

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  • PT Telkom Indonesia subsidiary Telin launched Pukpuk Submarine Cable System (Puk-Puk 1) connecting Jayapura, Indonesia to Vanimo, Madang, and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.
  • The cable links to the SEA-US cable system, improving international connectivity.
  • Inauguration attended by Indonesia’s Vice Minister of Communication Angga Raka Prabowo and PNG DataCo CEO Paul Komboi.
Sector verdictTELECOM_MEDIAFlatmagnitude 1/3 · confidence 3/5

Telkom's Pukpuk cable launch has no immediate price impact on international bandwidth; TELECOM_MEDIA is affected flat in the short term.

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