Development of Chating and Internet in Indonesia

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By...: Widia Yurnalis
Consumer Nimbuzz mobile in Indonesia increases signifikan. Since mid of May 2008, consumer Nimbuzz in Indonesia increases until 30% per month.

Based on survey done by Nimbuzz from finite May of July then, number of consumers Nimbuzz increases until 130 thousand, where 6% consumer applies desktop or their laptop, whereas 91% other consumer applies the application of Nimbuzz to communicate through handphone or cellular telephone.

Meanwhile, number of daily active consumers of Nimbuzz in Indonesia is noted experiences improvement signifikan. Since finite March of July 2008, daily active consumer of Nimbuzz in Indonesia increases equal to 41,18%.

According to founder and CEO Nimbuzz, Evert Jaap Lugt, Indonesia is one of market which necessary for Nimbuzz. With improvement of number of internet consumers and internet consumer mobile in Indonesia, growth of Nimbuzz in Indonesia is predicted that there are still have a real big potency.

" We are active cooperated with cellular operator, owner of social chain, and feeder the application of communications, VoIP, and platform Instant Messaging to offer improvement of production from data communication, big scale and cheap implementation to communications real-time through cooperation with Nimbuzz," adds it.

Based on segment of demography, consumer Nimbuzz in Indonesia has not growed in signifikan. Consumer demography Nimbuzz in Indonesia divided to 87% man, 70% age 19 - 34 years, 60% bachelor, 65% Unversity Graduate, 47% of the workers, and 36% is student.

Number of Indonesia internet service users experiences a real growth height even its(the percentage still small. The thing is submitted by Direktur Marketing First Media Dicky Moechtar.

“ Based on www.internetworldstats.com, internet consumer grows more than 1000 % in last 10 years,” said Dicky. For the year 2008 internet consumer totals reachs 25 million.

But, Dicky tells if compared to Indonesia resident total reaching 237,5 million men, number of internet consumers in Indonesia still be relative small or only around its(the 10 % is only. Though in Chinese, internet consumer reachs 253 million or 19 % to population amounts.

“ In Indonesia still be relative small. For internet consumer in Asia also still be relative small if compared to number of Asian residents or only around 657 million consumers,” he said.

Dicky calls, its(the minim internet consumer in Asia because internet rate in Asia still be spelled out members is expensive if compared to in AS and or in Europe.

Farther s(he tells telecommunications industry and technological in Indonesia is projected to be valuable 3,2 dollar billions AS in the year 2009 and will round into 4,6 dollar billions AS in the year 2012 . This growth value is one other highest in area Asean. This thing triggered by level of resident amounts, still the so small penetration PC, and increasingly range of the price of notebook and laptop.
Source: ( tribun-timurcom