Indonesia inked eight agreements worth up to $6 billion with South Korean firms during a forum held in Jakarta on Saturday, the head of the country’s investment coordinating board, or BPKM, said on Saturday.

Indonesian CDMA operators Mobile-8 Telecom and Smart Telecom have launched commercial CDMA2000 1xEV-DO services to counter 3G/W-CDMA offerings of rival cellcos such as Telkomsel, Indosat and Excelcomindo (XL).

The head of Indonesia's Capital Investment Coordinating Board, M Lutfi, said Saturday that the opportunity for new investors to gain a share in the country's motorcycle market was still wide open.He made the statement after speaking on "Investment Climate and Economic Prospect of...

Lilian Budianto, THE JAKARTA POST, JAKARTA Six years of negotiations have yet to convince India to sign a much-awaited free trade deal with ASEAN, as scheduled last week during the group’s summit.India would only ink a deal after it concludes its April general elections.

Board of Executive Directors approves US$ 2 billion loan to ensure continuity of public investments during global financial crisis and support market borrowings by the Government WASHINGTON DC, March 3, 2009 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a unique US$ 2 billion...