Television at the Border
Television and telephones can today reach remote areas thanks to inexpensive technology created by LIPI.
November 7, 2006
ATAPUPU is not considered a hub of information technology. Atapupu is only a small port on the east coast of Timor Island. Located in Belu regency, sharing a borderline with the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, its residents previously had huge problems accessing television and telephones. However a relay television broadcast station made by the Indonesian Institute of Science, LIPI, is successful in bringing the outside world to Atapupu. They
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