Archive for February, 2007
12 Indonesian Islands are critical
At least 12 outer islands of Indonesia are critical from the aspects of economy and security. The Government of Indonesia should put this matter as top priority.
Indosat and Trikomsel make a strategic partnership
PT Indosat Tbk recently signs a strategic agreement with PT Trikomsel Multimedia to enhance its cooperation in the retail business for distributing product and value added service (download ringtone and wallpaper) to the public.
The first international conference in Aceh
Aceh will continue to exist in the international forum. The Jakarta Post reported, Aceh is playing host to more than 300 people who are in the provincial capital to attend a four-day international conference on the Indian Ocean that began Saturday.
Bali conference on Asia-Pacific’s Internet network
An international conference on Internet network will be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, from February 21 to March 2 at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Apart from discussing about the following the broken under-sea optical cable network after an eartquake occured in Taiwan by the end of last year, the forum is also discussing on how […]
China offers to support Indonesia’s Telkom satellite
A satellite producer from China is ready to fund the Telkom III satellite plan, Tempo Interactive reported. According PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Managing Director, Arwin Rasyid, the offer from China’s Great Wall Satellite was proposed when he visited China some time ago. So far Telkom always funds its satellites itself.
More Indonesia’s Adam Air woes
A passenger jet operated by Indonesia’s Adam Air made a hard landing yesterday that cracked its body. All 148 passengers were safe, the budget carrier said in a statement, but airport of Juanda Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city and the capital of East Java province, was temporarily shut after the stricken Boeing 737-300 arriving […]
Indonesia’s mud disaster was just a natural activity?
I was so surprised to read The Jakarta Post’s headline this morning. The Post reported that scientists concluded that the mud volcano in Sidoarjo, East Java, was caused by natural tectonic activity and nothing to do with drilling activities of Lapindo Brantas Inc.
Indonesia will build its first nuclear power plant in 2010
The country’s first nuclear power plant is due to be built at Mt. Muria in Central Java in 2010. The government is targeting the bringing onstream of a nuclear plant with an initial capacity of 4,000 megawatts, representing about 2 percent of total national energy demand, by 2017.
This plan has been long discussed and debated […]
