Telecommunication
Indonesia’s software ready to compete big boys
Stop your daily routine of opening, closing and changing from one application to another, for e-mail, browser, instant messaging, agenda, address book, word processing, spreadsheet, video conferencing, multimedia chat rooms and many more. Just use one application that does it all.
Yes, this is a tool that has everything. By using Indline you can create multimedia […]
Indonesia’s Indosat launches 3G
Indonesia’s second-biggest mobile operator, PT Indosat Tbk, today launched 3G services following two other rivals, Telkomsel and Excelcomindo which rolled out similar services earlier this year.
For the first term, Indosat will schedule this service for the Jakarta and Surabaya areas as part of various telecommunications technology innovations commemorating the 39th anniversary of the company.
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A tech-savvy Indonesian female entrepreneur in Texas
Today’s Dispatch is not from Indonesia, but about an Indonesian female entrepreneur with a telco startup in Texas, US.
In several email correspondences, I was made aware that Irna Hutabarat is no ordinary woman, at least no ordinary Indonesian woman. Born in Padang, West Sumatra, and growing up in the States, she is now an American […]
Chat with a rising star in Indonesia’s telco
He is really a nice and humble guy. I recently met him in his office in Wisma Bakrie Building, Kuningan, Jakarta. Wearing a white shirt and a tiny, rounded glasses, he looks like a fresh university graduate rather than a high-profile businessman.
He is also a good mate to discuss with. He listens to the questions […]
Indonesia’s XL launches commercial 3G
Indonesia’s third-largest GSM operator and a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia, PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL), today launched a 3G-based service, XL3G, in Jakarta.
This makes Indonesia the third Southeast Asian nation, after Singapore and Malaysia, to launch 3G services commercially.
XL is the country’s second 3G operator after PT Telkomsel, the biggest GSM operator, which launched a […]
Welcome to the Republic of the Communicator!
Nokia Indonesia conducted the Communicator Community Gathering today to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Nokia Communicator’s presence in Indonesia. More than 2,000 Communicator users attended the gathering at Grand Hyatt Hotel.
In the recent decade, Nokia has always chosen Jakarta as the first city to launch each Communicator series globally.
The historical journey of the Nokia […]
Hello, VoIP Rakyat?
Has anyone heard of this guy? Dr Onno Purbo, one of Indonesia’s most prominent information technology advocates who introduced several alternatives of Internet technologies, including VoIP-based free voice telecommunication that’s called VoIP Rakyat?
Withdrawn from the Indonesian civil service and retired as a lecturer four years ago, he is a well-known maverick driven by the simple […]
Indonesian TV goes mobile
Indonesia is now seriously seeking the best technology for mobile television. There are three options that have been implemented: Streaming-based, analog-based and digital video broadcast-based technology.
Nokia, a world leader in mobile communications, recently introduced the digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) technology-based handset, namely the N92, to Indonesia. As part of the Finnish company’s N-series range for […]
