PT Bakrie Telecom (Btel) -- the operator of CDMA brand Esia and wireless telecommunications services Wifone and Wimode -- reported a 118.7 percent increase in third quarter net profit from a year earlier on the back of increasing numbers of subscribers.

Nusa Penida, Bali (ANTARA News) - Governor of world renown island tourist of Bali, Dewa Beratha, has asked farmers in Nusa Penida islet to conserve endangered seaweed called spinosum and increase cultivation of the plant. In a working visit here on Wednesday, Beratha said the spinosum endangered water plant, which was only found in coastal areas in Nusa Penida islet, some 19 miles southeast of Denpasar, must be conserved.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on energy companies in the country to create clean energy in an effort to anticipate global climate change. "The climate is changing for the worse. Therefore, we have to try to overcome it," the president said in his address at the opening of an Asia Pacific Gas and Oil Conference and Exhibition here on Tuesday.

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has invited Danish, German, Japanese, South Korean and Southeast Asian businessmen to invest in the devlopment of the country`s seaweed potential, Marine and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi said.

I think Kampung WiFi is perhaps not Indonesia's most pressing priority.

 Originally Posted By: chewwyUK The administration of these networks is a nightmare! They may have got things to work in India captain but this isn't India. The details of what the government have on offer would make very interesting reading ... will they offer enough incentives to get companies to buy in to the project. Also as far as rolling out of such a project goes a country like India had the benefit of an army of telco professionals who would all work for very little.

i do often wonder how humungous organisations like telkom and PLN actually work, given the general culture of technical and organisational incompetence that is exhibited daily in indonesia. there is a vast transport system -- trains, planes and ships -- that works the majority of time, as well as other other huge infrastructural systems. the fact is, for all our complaints, things work a lot better in indonesia than they really should!

The administration of these networks is a nightmare! They may have got things to work in India captain but this isn't India. The details of what the government have on offer would make very interesting reading ... will they offer enough incentives to get companies to buy in to the project. Also as far as rolling out of such a project goes a country like India had the benefit of an army of telco professionals who would all work for very little.

They got it to work in India Chewwy - the backbone was used by tobacco traders who paid for it to allow farmers to keep in touch regarding crop information . Strange isn't it? people take the piss out of PAM/PLN and Telkom , but administrating these networks must be a real nightmare.

Hmmm -- where to start with this one? Sounds like a fantastic plan but I can't see any of the companies being very interested in doing this project unless the government put together a very attractive deal. The thought of trying to collect money from 72,000 new villages across the country is probably a companies worse nightmare.

I think that is yet to be decided. The minister in charge is still reviewing the bids coming in from the Electronics companies. As soon as those negotiations are complete they will announce

Cheesus Haich Keeriste, tehy just don't get it do they? Who on earth is going to invest in a complete upstream to downstream project? What kreteks are they smoking over there? The commodity boom will be over in less than 10 yrs and the Indo govt will be left wondering wtf happened....