Murata Manufacturing, a Japanese electronic parts manufacturer, will begin providing traffic data in Indonesia from April under a licensing contract with local information technology firm PT Agrisinar Global Indonesia as a initiative to resolve persistent traffic jams. Murata will use devices mounted on roadways in Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Bali Island, and other Indonesian cities to track traffic volume using its light detection and ranging technology-based traffic counting system. Murata will be in charge of managing the infrastructure and equipment, and will also sell the traffic data to corporate customers such as outdoor advertisers.
The company is also looking to offer similar traffic data services in other Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Malaysia.