SA space company pens Indonesian partnership
One of South Australia’s top space businesses has signed an international partnership in Indonesia – while the state’s Trade and Investment Minister is in high-level meetings with a regional leader.
SA space technology company Myriota penned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week with Indonesia’s leading satellite service provider Telkomsat to accelerate the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) tech across Indonesia and the broader ASEAN region.
ASEAN – a regional grouping of all 11 states in Southeast Asia – was on track to be the world’s fourth largest economy by 2040, according to the state government.
Myriota would aim to bolster Internet connectivity – particularly in remote areas – as part of its partnership with Teklomsat.
The Lot Fourteen-based business enables remote ground-based monitoring sensors to communicate at low-cost with satellites for farmers and other businesses to access data.
This MoU would support remote monitoring in the ASEAN region across a number of industries.
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Myriota CEO Ben Cade said the MoU signing marked an important milestone for the business.
“This partnership brings together Telkomsat’s deep regional experience and Myriota’s world-leading satellite IoT technology,” Cade said.
“Together, we’re laying the groundwork for scalable IoT solutions that meet the needs of Indonesia’s most important industries – from energy and resources to agriculture and environmental management.”
Myriota director of regional sales Australia and New Zealand Dan Franklin said the two companies were now “well positioned to rapidly explore IoT use cases and validate market opportunities across Indonesia, paving the way for clear communication pathways”.
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“It reflects our shared commitment to enabling meaningful, scalable IoT connectivity across Indonesia’s industries and its vast, geographically diverse environments.”
Meanwhile, South Australian Trade and Investment Minister Joe Szakacs met with ASEAN Secretary-General His Excellency Dr Kao Kim Hourn while in Jakarta last week to discuss mutually beneficial opportunities for the state and the growing bloc of Asian nations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed South Australian exports to the 11 ASEAN member nations were on par with China, and worth $3.5 billion to the South Australian economy and accounting for 21 per cent of total exports.
SA’s share of national exports to ASEAN of 5.9 per cent was nearly double what it was to the rest of the world at 3.2 per cent.
More than 8000 students from ASEAN countries were enrolled at South Australian institutions as of August this year, the state government said, while nearly 60,000 people from the region visited the state during the previous financial year.
The state government said Szakacs spoke with the Secretary-General about energy, the digital economy, South Australian exports and investment and aviation connectivity.
“The ASEAN region is right on our doorstep and is going to be increasingly important to the South Australian economy into the future as it continues to grow,” Szakacs said.
“We are deeply connected with the ASEAN region, but out government has a clear message to the association’s political leaders and that is: we are open for business.”
