Dropped Signals in Remote Areas

Aisha Shaidra

Monday, 13 June 2022

Contractors are still completing the construction of 4G BTS towers in remote villages. They face technical challenges, from distant work sites to security disturbances.

Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G. Plate in a coordination meeting to build 421 BAKTI 4G BTS towers across East Nusa Tenggara, in Labuhan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, September 2020. ANTARA FOTO/Galih Pradipta . tempo : 166956097552

RATHER than being a blessing, a telecommunication tower makes things more difficult. This is the experience of residents of Nonotbatan village, Biboki Anleu subistrict, North Timor Tengah Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. The 4G base transceiver station (BTS) tower which should have improved Internet access there has instead made the signal drop. “The signal was stable before there was a BTS (tower),” said Theresia Buna, a reside

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