The last day, we presented all things we learnt here, in the form of a business case.
… then spending the remaining time to learn business ethics ….
…. and attending the closing ceremony.
To be the best, to be the star, to be the winner!!
Category: Telkom
Communicasia 2013
Koen’s Birthday Lecture: a tradition in the making. Today I gave a presentation at Telkom Group’s booth during CommunicAsia in Singapore. The presentation task was modest: introducing Telkom’s platforms for higher education. It coincided with the debut of Telkom Indonesia’s new red-and-white logo, so the occasion felt more symbolic than expected. Our booth stood prominently in Exhibition Hall E at Marina Bay Sands, shared with Telin, Metra, Telkomsel, and other subsidiaries.
The booth launch was led by CIO Indra Utoyo, in the presence of the Ministry of ICT and several distinguished guests. Telkom’s expansion into the TIMES space (Telecommunication, Information, Media, Edutainment, and Services) was reflected in the layout — each theme had its own stand. We also featured traditional art: a live Sasando performance, portrait sketches by Priadji Kusnadi, and techno-illusions by Galih.
I delivered my presentation on the second day, 19 June, wearing a suit and red necktie instead of batik. The session focused on our educational offerings: Q-Learning, Q-Journal, and Qbaca, representing Telkom’s efforts in formal, advanced, and personalised education.
Although the agenda listed me for a single presentation, I spent most of the day — and the following two — fielding questions and engaging with numerous visitors, exhibitors, and potential partners. The level of interest exceeded expectations, and meaningful discussions unfolded around collaboration opportunities.
Trainee at Alcatel Tolédo
My visit to Alcatel’s FITL facility in Toledo was a memorable glimpse into how the future of access networks was being built in. The plant combined the feel of a precision electronics workshop with the rhythm of a modern factory, and what struck me immediately was the quiet choreography of automation: small autonomous robots gliding along marked floor tracks, ferrying modules and subassemblies between workstations with an efficiency that felt decades ahead of its time. Inside the lab, engineers walked me through the practical side of fibre-based access systems—how the modules were designed, assembled, calibrated, and prepared for deployment in Europe’s early fibre-in-the-loop rollouts—without overwhelming the discussion with theory. Rows of optical units, circuit boards, and weatherproof housings filled the workspaces, each representing another piece of the transition from copper to fibre that telecom operators were only beginning to explore seriously. It was a single day’s visit, but it left me with the sense that I had stepped into a workshop where the next era of access networks was quietly taking shape, one module at a time.
More info: https://kun.co.ro/2005/09/04/toledo/
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