Telkom Digital Business Director, M. Fajrin Rasyid (left) tested the Augmented Reality technology that the Lab Advanced Technology Research (ATR) develops. Telkom is focusing to develop Artificial Intelligent research as part of the company’s future digital platform business.

Jakarta, 31 December 2020 – In a bid to realize the company's vision to become the top-of-mind digital telecommunication company that can advance society, PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) continues to explore digital business development, especially future technologies predicted to become a mainstream technology in the next three to five years (Horizon 2 & 3). Among them is a research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for AI Voice, AI Image/Video, and AI Text/NLP. AI technology is predicted to be a very big business in the future, where AI and analytical technology will also be among the drivers of industry 4.0 growth.

Throughout 2020, Telkom has been developing the ATR (Advanced Technology Research) Laboratory which will include the AI ??Lab, Robotic Lab, RPA (Robotic Programming Automation) Lab, Blockchain Lab, AR (Augmented Reality)/VR (Virtual Reality) Lab, Biosignal Lab, and other cutting edge technology. Currently, Telkom's ATR Lab is equipped with the NVIDIA DGX A100, a sophisticated super computer device specifically designed to handle AI workloads, which will be used to support research in the AI ??Lab to make it faster in processing training data and AI algorithm modeling. Telkom is the first user of the most advanced AI super computer (NVIDIA DGX A100) in Indonesia. The device is expected to enable accelerating the development of solutions based on use cases in the AI ??Lab so that it is more optimal and faster in producing AI-based products.

Telkom Digital Business Director, M. Fajrin Rasyid, said, "Being the first user of the most advanced AI super computer (NVIDIA DGX A100) in Indonesia, is a manifestation of our commitment to developing digital business going forward. With the capabilities of the NVIDIA DGX A100, as the best-performing AI platform in the world today, we hope that research and use cases that the Digital Innovation Laboratory develops and focus on exploring digital business developments, especially for future technology, will be more optimal and faster in producing AI-based products in Telkom and able to accelerate Indonesia’s digital talent development."

Fajrin added that Telkom also wants to contribute to society by being a technology hub that provides incubator services for startup companies and collaborates in AI research with various universities, businesses, communities, government and the media. "To date, Telkom has been actively participating in research in the health sector, especially by using AI technology, such as early detection of eye diseases based on medical images of the eyes," he said.

 
As it transforms into a digital telecommunications company, Telkom focuses on three digital business domains; digital connectivity, digital platforms and digital services. AI is part of the digital platforms where Telkom will continue to accelerate this domain by providing a smart platform on it as an enabler for various ICT services and solutions. "The presence of the ATR Lab with the super sophisticated NVIDIA DGX A100 computer equipment is expected to support the development of AI research so that it can produce useful use cases and increase Indonesia's competitiveness through innovations, not only for Telkom but state-owned enterprises and other government agencies. We hope in the future that by implementing AI, the Indonesian society can transform to be more competitive through changes that occur in the social and business spheres, which will boost Indonesia’s standing in the international community," Fajrin said.