100 firms to join IITELMIT

100 firms to join IITELMIT

JAKARTA (JP): Over 100 companies from around the world will
take part in the Indonesian International Telecommunication Media
and Information Technology (IITELMIT) conference and exhibition,
which opens on Sunday.

The five-day event will occupy over 5,000 square meters of the
Jakarta Convention Center, event organizer PT Rantai Expo
International said.

"Seeing the enthusiasm of the companies to take part, we are
confident that IITELMIT 2001 will be bigger and better this
year," project manager Henry Sihombing said.

He said that most of last year's exhibitors were returning
this year with larger exhibits, and that India, Malaysia and
South Korea would have their own national pavilions this year.

Alongside the exhibition, the two-day Internet World
Conference will begin on Monday. The conference will feature such
speakers as the Republic of Colombia's vice minister of
communications, Indonesia's coordinating minister for the economy
and the senior consultant for the United Nation's ICT task force.

The conference will address the issues and possible solutions
to the digital divide. (tnt)