50 local firms offer e-solutions at show<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Some 50 local companies operating in the
\nInternet-related business sector are currently flaunting their
\nnewest products and services at an event dubbed the country's
\nfirst Internet business exhibition, the e-Business Show 2000.<\/p>\n
Most of the companies are new and just beginning their track
\nrecords in the Internet business, such as news portal Detik.com,
\nsearch engine portal Catcha.co.id, e-commerce service provider
\ncommerce.net and Internet solution providers Jatis and ATMCOM.<\/p>\n
The others are long established information technology-related
\ncompanies such as computer manufacturers Compaq, Zyrex, Wearnes
\nand Mitac, as well as Internet service provider (ISP) Uninet.<\/p>\n
A representative of the event organizer, Rina Radinal, said
\nthe large number of participating companies and the fact that
\nmost of them were start-ups was proof of the ongoing strong
\ninterest on the Internet sector.<\/p>\n
She said more companies were setting up new businesses based
\non the Internet or at least had started to utilize Internet
\napplications to improve their own business operations.<\/p>\n
The event, which is being held at the Jakarta Convention
\nCenter until Sunday, is aimed at allowing new Internet companies
\nto demonstrate and share their experience and knowledge with many
\nother companies that are also interested in the Internet, she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the visitors are from companies that are interested
\nin knowing how to set up an Internet business. The event provides
\nan opportunity for them, through discussions and workshops, to
\nacquire information and knowledge directly from companies which
\nhave already started doing e-business,\" she said.<\/p>\n
More Internet start-up companies have recently been set up in
\nIndonesia in response to optimistic predictions about the
\npotential growth of the Internet market here.<\/p>\n
At least four new Internet start-ups, ranging from content
\nproviders to e-commerce service providers, have been established
\nevery month this year.<\/p>\n
The continued entrance of new Internet start-ups into the
\nmarket is expected to make competition in the country's Internet
\nbusiness tighter, said the chief executive officer of news portal
\nAstaga!Com, Jonathan Morris.<\/p>\n
\"The Internet business, especially online shopping services,
\nwill be a very bullish business within the next three years,\" he
\nsaid in a statement, projecting the number of local Internet
\nusers to grow by 400 percent this year.<\/p>\n
The Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers has
\nestimated that the size of Internet market here will reach two
\nmillion people by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, with its huge population, is certainly a potential
\nmarket for Internet business, said the executive director of the
\nfour-month-old search engine portal Catcha.co.id, Leon Tan.<\/p>\n
\"Indonesia is one of the largest potential markets for
\nInternet business in the region. Although it may not be as
\ndeveloped as Singapore or Malaysia, which have established
\ninfrastructures, Indonesia is surely a greater market, and it is
\ngrowing pretty fast,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, over 50 telecommunications-based companies are
\nexhibiting their latest products and services at Telematika 2000,
\na telecommunications, media and information technology exhibition
\nbeing held next door to the e-Business Show.<\/p>\n
The exhibition, which will also run until Sunday, is being
\nattended by major local and overseas telecoms companies, such as
\nstate companies PT Telkom and PT Indosat, European-based
\nsatellite manufacturer Arianespace and mobile telecoms company
\nNokia. (cst)<\/p>",
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