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Wondering what will the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Multiplatform bring to the table? It is one of the most anticipated announcements in the mobile sector. We are trying to shed some light on what it is and how this popular messaging/social platform will evolve. There are a few articles at crackberry and unofficial videos in youtube highlighting this functionality. The App itself is said to be “under review” by the application stores. Definitely one milestone for BlackBerry. You are cordially invited to join our networking event which will take place on: Monday, 23 September 2013 18.00 WIB – finish At Amigos …

Healthcare is definitely everyone’s concern. It is a big topic, and also a big portion of spending both in government, private sector, and in personal life. There’s so much happening in Indonesian healthcare… Indonesia’s healthcare expenditure is predicted to reach US$60.6 billion in 2018 with a growth of 14.9 percent over the 2012-2018 period on account of faster growth in age groups above 35 years, urbanization and an increase of lifestyle-related diseases such as cancer and diabetes, says research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan (Quoted from Jakarta Post). There is also a survey from Edelman in collaboration with UGM …

Indonesia as a country has a competitive and stable financial system, however majority of the people still have little or no access at all to banking services. Recent World Bank data shows that only 20% of people above 15-year-old have access to banking services, this is behind our ASEAN neighbours. Every one believes that mobile, Indonesia being a country with a very high mobile penetration, could address this gap… offering mobile money services for the unbanked and the underserved segments. There are a couple of recently launched mobile money services in Indonesia, so on this MobileMonday networking Event we are …

Hey Folks, You’re invited to a Special MobileMonday Night for “BB10 Show Case – What Can’t BB10 Do?” Following up the recent BB10 launch in Indonesia, definitely we want to understand what’s in this much anticipated platform. This new platform brings a lot of multimedia features, new Hub/Flow experience, while retaining a lot of BB much loved services. The question are what is the impact of this launch for developers, consumers, operators, and local business? What are the new opportunities that they can tap into? How to maximize this platform and BB support/ecosystem to build a better experience for us, …

Dear MoMo Friends, Hope this message finds you well, safe and sound from all the recent flood in Jakarta. Tourism industry is one of Indonesia’s economic pillar. We serve millions of domestic and international tourists (latest prediction is 11 million foreign tourists per year by 2015). Creating a good portion of contribution in our GDP – on average 6% of Indonesian GDP. Mobile is definitely a good fit in tourism. Being location and context aware, we can imagine a service/apps that can direct tourists to the right spot and attractions – attractions that sometimes are missed. This will benefit not …

Hi Friends of MobileMonday! You are cordially invited to come and join us in MobileMonday 5th anniversary celebration. Yes, we’ve started the community since 2007, and its 2012 already! Joining us are our special guests from MobileMonday Global community – Jari Tammisto (CEO MobileMonday Global), Mauro Montanaro (well-known exec in mobile/tech industry) and Alex Lambeek (CEO AORA TV). We will retrace the journey of mobile industry in Indonesia and will discuss its future… and we’ll hear from two special presenters: Calvin Kizana – THE serial entrepreneur in mobile industry and Vincent Putera – winner of the recent BlackBerry JamHack Jakarta. …

The event will be held on Monday, 24 September 2012 at 18:00 WIB. Event venue is at Amigos Restaurant, Bellagio Mall, Kawasan Mega Kuningan Jakarta. This event is co-hosted by Boost (boost-asia.com) and supported by XL, Biznet, and Gree. Special thanks to XL for co-hosting it … with special appearance from Bu Dian who will welcome us all in the event. We will have a chance to hear about mobile startup scene in Indonesia from our colleagues from XL and Boost, and we will hear some of Boost startups in mobile space sharing their products / services and the story …

Hi MobileMonday Friends: We’ve been planning to do this topic for a looong time – which is the “Mobile Gaming” theme! Yeah, it’s consistently a top value added services and top downloaded applications. And moreover, did we mention FUN?! What else is more fun than games… We have a couple of great speakers and friends (interesting mix) to share about the mobile gaming landscape in Indonesia. THey will provide a balanced view of what’s happening and where’s the real opportunity. Wong Lok Dien / CEO, Altermyth – “Insights on Mobile Game Market in Indonesia” Shieny Aprillia / Co-founder & COO, Agate …