Author Archives: Rama Mamuaya

Talking About Expansion With MOL Indonesia’s Country Manager

TweetAs we all know, the dying social networking site Friendster got acquired by Malaysia-based MOL (Money Online) and now revived as an online gaming portal. After a while, finally MOL decided to enter Indonesian market by establishing a company PT. MOL AccessPortal and apparently has a dedicated man running the country operations since September last [...]
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Inovisi Secures 10% Ownership in Malaysian Mobile Service Company Nextnation

TweetInovisi, an Indonesian telecommunication infrastructure company recently announced that they have acquired 10% of Nextnation ownership stock. Nextnation is an application service provider company based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Inovisi went public in the IDX stock exchange since 2009 and they decided to acquire Nextnation after previously establishing a co-operation contract (vendor-client) between two parties [...]
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Rocket Internet to bring Pinterest Clone Pinspire to Asian Market

TweetWe just learn that Zalora is not the only product Rocket Internet is planning to bring to this region. We found out that Pinterest-clone, Pinspire is also going live in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam. Pinterest is currently one of the hottest startup in the US, so it’s just comes naturally that Rocket Internet is again [...]
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Yahoo! Indonesia partners with mobile marketing company Big Mobile

TweetYahoo! Indonesia just announced an exclusive partnership with Big Mobile to handle mobile ad sales for Indonesian properties.  Via a press release they sent, Yahoo! Indonesia is looking forward to partner with Big Mobile as solution for a more personal and premium mobile advertising. Big Mobile has experience in the mobile industry for 4 years, [...]
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Biznet gets into the gaming and animation business with Biznet Capital Ventures

TweetBiznet is a Jakarta-based company known for its business network, data center and multimedia. Biznet has recently started to go into business investment, especially in the gaming industry and animation via Biznet Capital Ventures. According to the Biznet director Adi Kusma, The objective of Biznet Capital Ventures is a niche for gaming and animation companies [...]
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E-money users grew 18%, e-commerce players are still not happy

TweetDigital cash money is still considered new in Indonesia, however the user’s amount may not be as insignificant. Detikinet reveals that in 2012, the number of e-money users in Indonesia will reach 12 million, in assumption of 30% -40% active users. In Indonesia, e-money usage is driven by the bank and only 10% contributed by [...]
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Microsoft Indonesia Appoints Andreas Diantoro As President Director

TweetAfter losing Sutanto Hartono at the end of 2011, Microsoft has apparently appointed Andreas Diantoro as President Director of Microsoft Indonesia to replace Hartono. Prior joining Microsoft, Diantoro had been in the corporate IT business of multinational companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Diantoro has spent more than 11 years at Hewlett-Packard Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia [...]
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Can BCA KlikPay and Mandiri ClickPay Boost The Spirit of E-Commerce?

TweetSeveral days ago, BCA launched e-commerce payment solution KlikPay, almost simultaneously with the launch of Bank Mandiri’s ClickPay. Is the similar name only a mere coincidence? It could be. However a few weeks before that, these two banks finally decided to open a transaction path based on customers’ need. BCA KlikPay and Mandiri ClickPay basically have [...]
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Create a Daily Deals Site from WordPress with WPDeals Plugin

TweetIf you frequenty complained about the number of daily deals websites that have been popping up in Indonesia, be prepared because there will be more of the same thanks to the release of WPDeals. WPDeals is a plugin for the WordPress platform to convert your blog into a daily deals site. Tokokoo, an Indonesian WordPress theme company [...]
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Rocket Internet indicates e-commerce expansion in Indonesia

TweetThe mother of all clones, Rocket Internet, a Berlin-based internet company that specializes on ripping off successful internet companies and scale it locally, has indicates that they’re expanding to the SEA region. As Sarah Lacy puts it, they are the worst kind of entrepreneur. There’s no commitment or belief in what they’re building if memos like [...]
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