Television of the Republic of Indonesia, TVRI, has begun testing 5G Broadcast in Jakarta with the Ministry of Communications and Digital and Rohde & Schwarz. The trial sends public television directly to compatible mobile devices.
Reception does not require a SIM card, an internet connection or a mobile-data allowance. Like other broadcast systems, one transmission can serve many devices at the same time. That makes the technology relevant when a popular event or an emergency would otherwise create a large number of parallel unicast sessions.
Indonesia is not positioning the test as a replacement for DVB-T2. The communications ministry says 5G Broadcast would complement the terrestrial television network, which remains the national delivery backbone. A mobile layer could extend public information to portable screens and continue operating when ordinary mobile data networks are congested.
The participants and intended operating model are confirmed, but the report does not publish frequency, ERP, coverage, receiver models, service count, latency or field-test results. Consumer adoption also depends on handset support and a regulatory plan beyond the current trial.
