- Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Nokia, and Nvidia have partnered to build a new generation of digital infrastructure for Indonesia, combining 5G networks with AI capabilities.
- The alliance aims to drive comprehensive digital transformation, enhance national competitiveness, and prepare for the AI economy.
- The parties believe that high-capacity, low-latency network infrastructure is the foundation for the Internet of Things, AI, and next-generation digital services.
- One of Indonesia’s major challenges is ensuring that AI serves more than just a segment of the population with existing technology access.
- Indosat emphasizes that developing digital human resources is a crucial factor alongside infrastructure and AI capacity.
- Nokia and Indosat signed an agreement to modernize mobile networks nationwide using 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) technology.
- Nokia will deploy low- and mid-band 5G technologies to build high-performance, AI-ready networks.
- The system will support digital applications for consumers and businesses in public services, industry, and the digital economy.
- Nvidia provides AI computing infrastructure and processing platforms so that AI and radio network software can operate on the same architecture.
- The three companies are developing AI-RAN, a model that integrates AI and telecommunications networks into a unified architecture.
- Field trials of AI-RAN in Indonesia are expected to begin in late 2026.
- AI-RAN is expected to improve spectrum efficiency and create new AI services based on telecom networks.
- Indosat is implementing an AI Grid strategy to combine centralized “AI factories” with distributed AI-RAN infrastructure across the country.
- The AI-RAN Innovation Center in Surabaya and the Nvidia AI Technology Center ecosystem are supporting the development of AI applications in government, healthcare, education, and agriculture.
- Leaders from Nokia and Nvidia believe the future of the telecommunications industry will depend on the ability to combine connectivity, intelligence, and operational scale on a single platform.
📌 The telecommunications industry is entering a new phase where networks do not just transmit data but become platforms for AI distribution. Through the partnership between Indosat, Nokia, and Nvidia, Indonesia is building a 5G infrastructure combining AI-RAN and AI Grid to serve millions of users and businesses. AI-RAN trials are expected to take place in late 2026, while AI applications have begun development for government, healthcare, education, and agriculture. The long-term goal is to turn connectivity into an intelligent infrastructure layer capable of providing both telecom and AI services on a national scale.
