Nokia and Indonesian telecoms provider Telkomsel have partnered to provide value-added services. Short message service and voice communications are slowly being pushed off from the home screens of smartphone consumers who increasingly rely on apps that use data services. Telkomsel, which has begun to feel the effects of this market trend on its revenues, has Read the full article…

A new digital effort in Indonesia, FemaleDev focuses on helping female developers get ahead in the game and create apps and products using their skills. FemaleDev is a community that fosters support among female developers in Indonesia. Initiated by Yansen Kamto and Lidya Fitri Novianti of digital consulting company KibarKreasi, the community encourages women to better envision Read the full article…

Adskom aims to improve the digital advertising business in Indonesia and Southeast Asia through real-time bidding. Aiming to solve problems faced by publishers, ad buyers and consumers in a digital advertising environment, former Koprol co-founder and CTO Daniel Armanto and digital entrepreneur Italo Gani have introduced Adskom to Indonesia, which is a programmatic advertising system Read the full article…

IDByte is making its final stop in Jakarta with its main conference. Here are some of the startups that pitched. After kicking off in Suarabaya on April 15, IDByte marked the end of this year’s IDByte five cities road show with its stop in Jakarta, which also marks the start of the main IDByte conference. The event Read the full article…

Indonesia-based startup Dokter Gratis wants to help users by offering a platform for doctors to give medical advice online through mobile devices. After our own Indonesia Satellite Winner this year TanyaDok and another health-related startup MeetDoctor got into our radar, a new mobile platform that promotes “m-health 2.0″ has launched. Dokter Gratis (literally “Free Doctor” in English) provides a platform Read the full article…

Facebook users can now pay with prepaid credits when purchasing Facebook credits through XL Axiata. Back in March, we saw XL Axiata Tbk launch the myXL app that integrates Facebook login and management. Just this week, the Indonesia-based mobile telecommunications services operator that offers data communication, broadband internet and mobile communications, has announced that its digital service department Read the full article…

Apps Foundry, a mobile application developer in Singapore and Indonesia, has just announced its S$3 million series B funding. Apps Foundry, which is best known for its SCOOP smartphone and tablet eReader application, has just raised a S$3 million (US$2.42 million) series B funding. The new funding round is invested by Indonesia’s largest media group Kompas Gramedia, through its Read the full article…