Opportunities and Challenges for Smart City in Papua Province to realize Papua, Awakening, Independent, Prosperous and Equitable
Papua Province is located at the eastern end of the territory of Indonesia, with a large area and potential for natural resources of economic and strategic value. Smart City itself becomes a part of implementation Internet of things (IoT) in Indonesian. There are three objects of the Smartcity program, namely the community, the government, and city infrastructure. Every city in Indonesia has different problems to apply Smart City. An appropriate way is also needed to integrate the community, government and city infrastructure which is the object of a Smart City. An appropriate way is also needed to integrate the community, government and city infrastructure which is the object of a Smart City. This study discusses the smart city concept and how the challenges and implementation in Papua. The method used in this paper is qualitative. Smart City aims to integrate information from the three objects above in order to create an efficient service to realize Papua Awakening, Independent, Prosperous and Equitable.