New Internet provider eyes 30 cities<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A new Internet provider, PT Meganusa
\nLintasbuana, announced yesterday that it will offer its
\ninformation superhighway service, called MegaNet, in 30 cities.<\/p>\n
The company's president, Darsono, said at the launching of its
\nMegaNet service that his company expects to establish Internet
\nlinks with 30 cities in 27 provinces, including Dili in East
\nTimor, within the next eight months.<\/p>\n
\"We are prioritizing cities which have not yet been touched by
\nother Internet providers,\" Darsono said.<\/p>\n
After building MegaNet links next month in Jakarta and in
\nSurabaya, East Java, Darsono said his company will expand its
\nservices to Palembang in South Sumatra, Balikpapan in East
\nKalimantan and Ujung Pandang in South Sulawesi in May.<\/p>\n
\"We will also reach cities like Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi,
\nDili, Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara and Bengkulu,\" Darsono said.<\/p>\n
His company hopes to attract 30 new Internet users per month
\nfor each city outside Jakarta and Surabaya. It expects 120 new
\nusers a month for Jakarta and 60 new users a month for Surabaya.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that presently there are about 15,000 Internet
\nusers in Indonesia. Globally, the Internet reaches over 40
\nmillion users and is growing at a rate of over 10 percent a
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
In addition to Meganusa, other Internet providers in Indonesia
\ninclude PT Cyberindo Aditama (CBNet), PT Indo Internet (Indonet),
\nPT Aplikanusa Lintasartha (Idola), PT Rajasa Media (Radnet) and
\nPT Sistelindo Mitralintas (Inet).<\/p>\n
Meganusa, established with a paid-up capital of Rp 600 million
\n(US$256,960), charges each individual user a registration fee of
\nRp 40,000 and a subscription fee of Rp 40,000 per 10 hours of
\nuse. The company gives a 50 percent discount to students.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems of the United States, one of the
\nInternet's proponents, announced yesterday the presence of its
\nJava language programing for the Internet and HotJava interactive
\nbrowser in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The company's electronic commerce industry manager, Y.K. Mak,
\nsaid since its launching in May last year, Java has been used to
\ncreate hundreds of \"applets\", or small applications which can be
\ndownloaded across a network and be run locally. (rid)<\/p>",
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