MoraRepublic Strengthens Indonesia's AI Infrastructure

JAKARTA (IndoTelko) - The Indonesian operator outlines its AI-era network strategy and wins the APC Outstanding Industry Contribution Award

On October 19, the 2026 Global Optical Fiber and Cable Conference, themed “Fiber for AI, Leaping into the Future,” opened in Wuhan. Co-hosted by the Asia Pacific Optical Fiber and Cable Industry Association (APC), FiberHome and the Optics Valley Entrepreneurs Association, the event brought together diplomatic envoys and experts from a number of countries, along with representatives of basic telecom operators, internet companies and key players across the optical communications value chain, to discuss the industry's direction in the intelligent era.

Timotius Max Sulaiman, President Director of MoraRepublic, an integrated digital infrastructure and services provider in Indonesia, attended the conference and delivered a keynote address titled “From Archipelago to AI Backbone.” Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, with 287 million people spread across more than 17,000 islands, making it a vast internet market. Yet geography constrains household fiber penetration to roughly 22%. In the AI era, demand has shifted beyond coverage alone to capacity, latency and resilience between submarine cable landing points and data centers, a new set of challenges for Indonesian infrastructure.

MoraRepublic was formed in April 2026 through the merger of Moratelindo and MyRepublic Indonesia, and is the only operator in Indonesia with an integrated four-layer network spanning submarine cables, terrestrial backbone, data centers, and retail and enterprise services. The company operates more than 183,000 km of terrestrial fiber, multiple cross-border submarine cables and six data centers, and has built 14 million household passings. MoraRepublic has expanded its coverage to 199 cities and regencies, reinforcing its commitment to increasing fiber penetration across Indonesia through MyRepublic Fiber and Oxygen.id.

Rather than layering AI features onto its network, MoraRepublic is rebuilding network operations around AI. It has formed a dedicated AI team and completed AI-based mapping of all ports and intelligent allocation of port capacity, replacing manual planning. Technology decisions follow a three-dimensional framework of time, quality and cost, with a steady migration from GPON to XGS-PON. Building on its end-to-end, four-layer foundation, the company connects the full chain from submarine cable to backbone to compute to end users, focusing on the capacity density and latency that compute-intensive workloads demand, an underlying network foundation for Indonesia's AI industry and for nationwide digital and AI adoption.

In recognition of its contribution to Indonesian society through its communications network, the local APC organizing committee presented MoraRepublic with the “Outstanding Industry Contribution Award” during the conference, honoring its long-term investment in broadening broadband access across an island nation and bridging the digital divide.

On the sidelines of the conference, senior executives from FiberHome and MoraRepublic held in-depth talks on the path to MoraRepublic's “From Archipelago to AI Backbone” strategy. The two sides reached consensus on submarine cable capacity and landing station capabilities, next-generation optical transmission for XGS-PON and trans-oceanic connectivity, and sensing and long-haul specialty fiber. Guided by its “Fiber for AI” vision, FiberHome will deepen cooperation in specialty fiber supply, transmission system solutions and global delivery, working together to raise digital infrastructure levels in Indonesia and across Southeast Asia. (tep)