(from left) ITS Chancellor Prof Dr Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng IPU AEng and ITS ICT-Robotics Cluster Manager Dr Ir Endroyono DEA, and CBO Indosat Bayu Hanantasena during the symbolic handover of laptop grants

ITS Campus, ITS News – After a year of launch, the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) has again strengthened cooperation with Indosat, Nokia, and Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) Indonesia in terms of strengthening digital talent through the ITS 5G Experience Center. This was agreed through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was held at the ITS Rectorate Building, Thursday (17/11).

The signing of the MoU was attended by Indosat Chief Business Officer (CBO) Bayu Hanantasena, NOKIA Indonesia Account Director Danabalan Amirthalingam, and R&S Indonesia Managing Director Muhammad Arif and ITS Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng IPU AEng. In addition, it was also attended by a number of other high ranking ITS leaders.

Account Director Nokia Indonesia Danabalan Amirthalingam (left) with Chief Business Officer (CBO) Indosat Bayu Hanantasena

Person In Charge (PIC) ITS 5G Experience Center Development Program Dr. Ir Endroyono DEA said that this meeting was a step forward for ITS to develop student talents in the field of 5G technology. This was supported by a certified workshop which was attended by more than 100 students in the Auditorium of the ITS Postgraduate Building for two days, starting this Thursday (17/11). “This is intended so that ITS students are more able to develop their digital talents,” said the lecturer who is familiarly called Edo.

The workshop, which was directly guided by the team from Indosat and R&S Indonesia, discussed the introduction and measurement of 5G in Indonesia, talent development, and the development of digital use cases. “It is hoped that ITS students will begin to be challenged to understand the development of application technology and their contributions later,” hoped the lecturer of the ITS Electrical Engineering Department.

ITS leadership ranks with representatives from Nokia Indonesia, Indosat, and R&S Indonesia after signing the MoU at the ITS Rectorate Building

The ITS ICT – Robotics Cluster Manager also added, in this collaborative agenda Indosat and Nokia also provided 20 laptops for the development of ITS student learning. On the same occasion, the ITS Chancellor hopes that the three founding pillars of the 5G Experience Center, namely ITS-Nokia-Indosat, can still be the motor for the growth of 5G technology and its utilization in Indonesia.

In the future, according to Edo, ITS will continue to cooperate in the development of the 5G Experience Center with the Finnish Embassy for Indonesia and the University of Oulu from Finland. This is because ITS is the only higher education institution that actively measures 5G performance in the industrial sector. (ITS Public Relation)

Reporter: Gandhi Kesuma