The number of cellular telephone users is expected to reach 80 million this year, up 25 percent from 64 million in 2006, thanks to an increase in the number of operators and the launch of high-speed 3G services.

State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina has delayed the construction of the US$179.7 million gas pipeline linking Semarang in Central Java and Gresik, East Java, due to a lack of gas supplies.Pertamina president director Ari Sumarno said Friday that his company was still awaiting gas supplies from the...