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Communications in Indonesia

Photograph by Ed Yourdonon Flickr.

For example, the SEA-ME-WE 3 optical submarine telecommunications cable lands at both Medan and Jakarta connecting Europe with South eastern Communications in Indonesia Asia (several countries up to Japan) and Australia (Perth). Domestically, Indonesia has good coverage for media across most major islands, although communications smaller and less populated Islands do not always receive attention Communications in Indonesia from media companies, and rely on satellite communication. Indonesia has a vast list of printed media, in the forms of newspapers or magazines. The construction of communication Midcontinent Communications towers and launch of the Palapa series of communication satellites was done during the New Order period. A number of lines connect Indonesia to international Communications in Indonesia communication routes.

Others are island- or city-specific, and is usually not distributed to other regions. The control over media in Indonesia is governed by the Ministry of Communications. Architecture · Art · Communications · Cuisine · Culture · Demographics · Economy · Education · Ethnic groups · Fauna · Flora · Geography · Geology · Government · Health · History · Languages · Law · Literature · Media · Military · Communications in Indonesia Music · People · Politics · Provinces · Religion · Science and technology · Sport · Tourism · Transport Afghanistan · Armenia1 · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma2 · Cambodia · People s Republic of China · Cyprus1 · East Timor3 · Egypt4 · Georgia4 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan4 · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Communications in Indonesia Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia4 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Republic of China5 · Thailand · Turkey4 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen Abkhazia1 · Nagorno-Karabakh · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · South Ossetia1 · Aceh · Adjara1 · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Altai · British Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Guangxi · Hong Kong · Inner Mongolia · Iraqi Kurdistan · Khakassia · Macau · Nakhchivan · Ningxia · Papua · Sakha Republic · Tibet · Tuva · West Papua · Xinjiang · Australia · East Timor1 · Fiji · Indonesia1 · Kiribati · Papua New Guinea · Marshall Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · New Zealand · Palau · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu American Samoa · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · Guam · Hawaii · New Caledonia · Niue · Norfolk Island · Northern Mariana Islands · Pitcairn Islands · Rotuma · Tokelau · Wallis and Futuna . Indonesia has had a complex history of communications due to its spread over an extended archipelago - the importance on non-electronic LETS in the past has given away to a considerable infrastructure of telecommunications in the contemporary Indonesia. Indonesia has long since been using traditional forms of slayed communications between various islands and villages.

It was not until the sixteenth century when the Dutch colonized Indonesia, constructing a more elaborate communication system, both within Indonesia and to other countries. The first connection to Australia was an undersea telegraph cable that was completed on 18 November 1871, connecting Java to Darwin, and eventually to the Australian Overland Telegraph Line across Australia. After gaining Independence, Indonesia started to develop its own communication system, generally following the rest of the world.

Some, such as Kompas and Koran Tempo are circulated around Indonesia daily and are relatively simple to obtain.