Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (“Indosat” or “IOH”) and the International Telecommunication Union (“ITU”), an agency of the United Nations, announced they have signed a Joint Declaration to strengthen digital literacy and facilitate digital skills training in remote and underserved communities in Indonesia.
The collaboration will focus on scaling and enhancing digital skills training programmes delivered by the Digital Transformation Centres Initiative (DTCI) and other ITU initiatives in Indonesia. DTCI is an ITU and Cisco-led initiative that supports countries all over the world, including across Asia, to provide digital skills training programmes to their citizens.
IOH has agreed to support the DTC initiative in Indonesia by providing free data for DTC training programme participants, additional training covering industry-needed digital skills, and mentorship and internship opportunities for graduates of the DTC programmes who are interested in pursuing careers in the technology industry.
The collaboration is aimed to support Indonesia’s digital transformation agenda by increasing the number of people with access to digital skills training and to mobile internet data in remote communities across Indonesia.
Vikram Sinha, President Director and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison,
Indosat has a larger purpose to connect and empower the people of Indonesia by accelerating the nation’s digital transformation. Our new partnership with the ITU and its DTC Initiative will advance this purpose through outstanding digital skills training that unlocks exciting new career opportunities. We believe that this novel partnership-led approach will provide an example for the industry in Asia and establish Indonesia firmly at the forefront of the region’s digital transformation journey.
