Dot-com group plans 1,000 Net kiosks

Dot-com group plans 1,000 Net kiosks

JAKARTA (JP): PT Pointers Indonesia, a subsidiary of publicly
listed PT Myohdotcom Indonesia, said on Monday that it plans to
build 1,000 Internet kiosks throughout Indonesia next year.

Myohdotcom chief commissioner Jaegopal Hutapea told reporters
the company hoped to have one Internet kiosk, or what it calls
pointers, short for pojok internet (internet corners), in every
subdistrict in the archipelago.

PT Pointers will award franchises to small enterprises to open
the kiosks with its name, he said.

The company would provide hardware and software support as
well as funding, either in the form of bank loans or a capital
venture, he said.

Pointers already have 14 kiosks in Bandung and Jakarta,
Jaegopal said during the soft launching of Myohdotcom's Business
Information Technology Solution Center at the Menara Imperium
Building.

The new center, the company said, offers various business
solutions under one roof, providing systems support, software and
hardware to companies in industries like the hotel, hospital,
real estate, retail, restaurant and manufacturing industries
among others.

Myohdotcom is one of the first Indonesian-based companies that
have tapped the local stock market for capital. The company was
listed on the Surabaya Stock Exchange in July, rising Rp 500
billion ($55 million) by the sale of 9.92 percent of its shares
to the public.

The company hopes to be listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange
next year. (03)