PRESS RELEASE
No. 51/MC.TDBM/11/2010
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: ALMOST ALL BTS ARE FUNCTIONING IN THE MERAPI ERUPTION AFFECTED AREA
Yogyakarta, 20/11/2010 Almost all Base Transceiver Station (BTS) around Merapi eruption affected area are now back in operation. Since Merapi expelled heat cloud end of last month, 70 BTS is not functioning since. At the moment, only seven BTS left unfunctioning. This was explained by the Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Tiffatul Sembiring, in a press conference in Media Center of Merapi Disaster Emergency Relief on Jalan Kenari No 14a Yogyakarta, Saturday (20/11)
According to Sembiring, the ministry is prioritizing the facility in supporting public communication in mitigating Merapi Disaster. The government do not want public communication to be disturbed, because public are in need to communicate with cellular phone.
In the future, as Sembiring added, we hope to duplicate Japanese Government in conveying messages of emergency massively through cell phone to the public. “Early warning system can be conveyed through hand phone, so that people can anticipate immediately,” he added.
Besides the quick act to fix communication support facility, since the beginning of emergency, the ministry has been cooperatin with the National Disaster Mitigation Body (BNPB) by providing Media Center of Merapi Disaster Emergency Relief. Tifatul added that the existence of Media Center is to give service to those who are in need of communication and to lessen their anxiety during emergency time. Media Center can also be used as main data resource and standard referral on comprehensive information from BNPB. The press can obtain information from first hand.
Contact : Hartje Winerungan, Head of PR-BNPB
Phone : 0274 – 547 359 (Hotline Media Center)
Mobile : 0815 9926 781
Contact : Selamatta Sembiring, Public Information Agency-Kemenkominfo
Mobile : 08128334942
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