Thales to support Indonesia’s new smart capital city with digital ID and more

Indonesia’s new capital, Nusantara, presents ample opportunity for French digital security and defense firm Thales to support smart city initiatives, according to an article in Nikkei Asia.

Thales has already signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesia’s new capital city authority “for strategic cooperation” around the transformation of Nusantara, a planned sustainable metropolis set to replace Jakarta as Indonesia’s capital, with transition slated to begin in August 2024.

According to Olivier Rabourdin, president director at Thales Indonesia, the …

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