New Internet provider set up

New Internet provider set up

JAKARTA (JP): A new Internet provider, PT Cyberindo Aditama, announced yesterday that the company is launching its information superhighway service, called CBNnet, on Thursday.

"The Internet will become a mature industry in the future and more people will use the service," Cyberindo's president, Dani Sumarsono, told reporters.

He said that Internet business in Indonesia will grow steadily and competition will be based on services, tariff rates and accessibility.

"The government has set guidelines for tariff arrangements so that each Internet provider only has a narrow range to compete in tariffs," he said. "The competitive advantages for the operators include services and easiness for the users to get access."

In addition to Cyberindo, there are currently four other Internet providers: PT Indo Internet (Indonet), PT Aplikanusa Lintasartha (Idola), PT Rajasa Media (Radnet) and PT Sistelindo Mitralintas (Inet).

According to Dani, there are about 15,000 Internet users in Indonesia and Cyber expects to attract some 2,000 new individual users within the first year of operation.

Cyberindo, which is partly owned by the Foundation of Technical Education in Indonesia, has set their registration and installation fee at Rp 50,000 (US$21.80) for individual users and Rp 1 million for corporations. Individual users will have to pay additional charges between Rp 2,000 and Rp 3,000.

The company charges monthly fees between Rp 15,000 and Rp 215,000 for individual users and between Rp 800,000 and Rp 1.6 million for corporations. (icn)