TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The Palapa Ring project, a fiber optic network construction connecting all areas in Indonesia that is worth US$1.517 billion, is not viable. Spokesman of the Directorate General of Post and Telecommunication at the Information and Communication Department, Gatot S.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The President's decision on High Rise Construction instructs related ministers to eliminate all kinds of tax to make a success out of construction of 1,000 towers. This program is important to overcome the problems of public housing and traffic jams in major cities,...

PT Infomedia Nusantara, a telephone directory publishing company, plans to invest Rp 125 billion (US$13.7 million) next year, with 80 percent of the money going on the development of the firm's contact-center business."The growth of our core business, Yellowpages, only amounted to 8 percent in 2006.

The government seems likely to issue a long awaited regulation next year allowing non-nationals a restricted right to own some forms of real property, such as apartments, in a move that is expected to further fuel the growing property market, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin)...