Event Announcement

Guys, we are partnering with TechInAsia the organizer of upcoming Startup Asia Jakarta event. The event will be held on June 7-8th in Jakarta at Wisma Nusantara Annex Bld. It will be loaded with heavy weights from Asian + Indonesian digital entrepreneur & investor ecosystem.

And… we have 10 30 – thirty tickets to give away for our members! Ping us @idmomo – and provide us with a short pitch why you should get the ticket! First come first served!

Most of the headlines in the newspapers are around the middle class people in the cities. Urban life. All the malls and socialites. Surely it’s the hottest market at this moment.

But let’s turn to the other part of Indonesia. We know that around 55% Indonesia’s population still live in rural area. And though middle class is said to be 56%, the majority of it (38%) is living in the range of $2 – $4 per day.

We know that these people have strong needs for communications as well, especially mobile communications. Our fellow citizen in the rural area does unique economic activities… and there are a good deal of use case for mobile apps/services to enhance their lives.

Join us the upcoming MobileMonday – “Mobile Apps for the People” co-hosted by Telkomsel

Speakers line up:

• Aldi Haryopratomo (Co-Founder and CEO RUMA, Rekan Usaha Mikro Anda) “Empowering People Through Technology“
• Mathieu LE BRAS (CEO 8villages) “What do the next tens of millions of Indonesian Internet users have in common? They farm!“
• Dewi Wahyuni (Communication Specialist MicroAid) “Application for Rural Community“
• update: Robert Hasyim(BPR KS) on how micro banking can utilize mobile technology

Event Details:

• Date: Monday, 30 April 2012
• Time: 18.00 – onwards
• Venue: fx Senayan – The Only One Club, 5th Fl. (confirmed!)

Registration link: http://www.mobilemonday.co.id/events/register-to-event

See you there!

As you know, we’re closing to pass the 6-billion-mobile-subscribers-on-earth mark (5.9 billion and counting). A very remarkable feast and left us sometimes wondering, what else to be connected… Pundits, analysts, and futurists believe, however, that there are still more room to grow.

The phrase  “50 billion connected devices by 2020″ – is one of the famous forecast by industry players. Many believe that non-human devices (machines) will be connected to the network, actively communicating – possibly later on with each other as well. Forming what we know as “machine-to-machine / M2M” communications.

Of course this will be multi billion dollar opportunities globally.

But on the flip side, M2M is a different beast to play with. Possibly requires a different skill set, strategy, marketing, product, services, and so on.

Join us this upcoming MobileMonday to network with your peers and hear yourself from our presenters – we’ll have two visionaires and two practitioners presenting:

• Date: Monday, 19 March 2012
• Time: 18.00 onwards (18.30 presentation starts)
• Venue: update: Amigos, Bellagio Mall, Mega Kuningan

Speakers lineup:

1. Rustam Effendie, Director, Ericsson Indonesia, “M2M in a Networked Society” – Ericsson is one of the key proponent of M2M market, consistently they have preached the 50-billion vision and shared a lot of best practises in M2M opportunities.

2. Meli Wulandari, Business Incubation, Telkomsel – she’s been actively researching M2M business opportunities in Indonesia since a while.

3. Amy, Director, CPN – she will share the good and the bad of her experience from pioneering one of the most common M2M form (i.e. fleet tracking)

As usual, please head to our registration page:

http://www.mobilemonday.co.id/events/register-to-event

This meeting is sponsored by our annual Platinum sponnsor, Research in Motion – the maker of BlackBerry handset.

See you there,

MobileMonday Indonesia

Dear MobileMonday Friends,

Welcome to the next MobileMonday event, co-hosted with Telkomsel and themed “Mobile Commerce in Digital Lifestyle: Opportunities and Challenges for 2012”

This is a very hot and interesting topic. As noted by Tomi Ahonen (Pearls #3 – Mobile Money, 2011), mobile application in commerce space has gone from a long way from a simple SMS alert for banking transactions (yr. 1996 by Merita Bank, Finland), to paying train tickets (yr. 2000 in Austria), to mobile wallet (yr. 2004 by NTT DoCoMo), to the very successful m-Pesa (yr. 2006 in Safaricom/Kenya), and the list goes on and on.

I am quoting David Birch of Consult Hyperion in his book “The Digital Money Reader (2011)”

Looking around the world now, it appears that the era of mobile payments, mobile banking and mobile money is upon us. Mobile and wireless will be central to strategy in the payments world for the foreseeable future.

Are you ready to explore this untapped opportunity? And opportunity that potentially can deliver a huge impact for our country. Joining us are speakers to discuss and share insights about various aspects of the mobile commerce space:

• Frost & Sullivan – Iwan Rachmat, Sr. Consultant for ICT Practises
• SWIFF – Angus Ogilvy, Chief Sales Officer
• IndoMOG – Donald Wihardja
• Telkomsel – Deny Abidin
• Payfone – Matt Tucker, COO

Event details:

• Date: Monday, 13 February 2012
• Time: 18.00 – finish
• Venue: Blowfish Restaurant & Bar, City Plaza, Jl. Gatot Subroto (right behind Wisma Mulia)

As usual, please register on http://www.mobilemonday.co.id/events/register-to-event

Special thanks for Research in Motion the maker of BlackBerry smartphones for their annual sponsorship.

See you there!

Cheers…

BOOST is a non-profit conference run by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and for investors for investors with questions like these in mind. The conference will be held on January 17-18, 2012 at InterContinental Jakarta MidPlaza. Definitely something you shouldn’t miss!

MobileMonday is a community partner for the BOOST Asia and you, as MoMo members, are entitled for special priced entry ticket (quantities are limited, please act fast). For details please contact nita_aprilia@biznetnetworks.com.

Igniting the Mobile Marketing Evolution: Connecting Millions, Empowering Billions

This interactive and engaging conference on Mobile Marketing in Indonesia provides in-depth knowledge into the mobile milieu in Indonesia. Delegates will get first hand insights into consumer trends of 2012, tips and tricks to optimising consumer purchase experience and brand loyalty. Embark on a 2-day comprehensive learning journey and discover how companies like Google, Dell, Intel, TNS, Nokia Siemens Networks and more have harnessed the power of mobility as drivers of success. Delve deep into the various social media platforms that your mobile marketing strategies could potentially integrate with and activate customer engagement for outstanding results.

For more details, please visit http://conferences.com.sg/i5202-mmi-35w-b.pdf

For more information, please email Ms Joyce Yip at joyce@conferences.com.sg or call us at +65 6592 7355

Dear MobileMonday friends,

“Apps” – in the era of smart phones, apps have played a very important role, and an important monetization means for telco, platform provider, and developers.

We are also living in the time of major shifts that helps in app developers: 1) there are more ways to monetize in apps – not just one-time fee to download, 2) Asian countries are on the rise for Apps – good for us, 3) apps dynamics, what leads today may not tomorrow – if you’re not yet successful, try again.

It is also, on the other hand a tough objectives – competing in apps is competing against thousand (hundred thousands) other apps.

Among those there are quite a bunch of apps that can make it to the million download mark.

Let’s learn from our fellow developers, on how to capitalize on the apps trend.

Join us in the upcoming MobileMonday:

• Date: Monday, 28 November 2011
• Time: 18.00 – onwards (presentation starts at 18.30)
• Place: fx Sudirman, The Only One Club, 5th Floor

Please kindly register on this link:

http://www.mobilemonday.co.id/events/register-to-event

Special thanks for our sponsor – Research in Motion the maker of BlackBerry!

See you there!

Hi MobileMonday!

One of the most overlooked opportunity is mobility applications in the enterprise.

According to IDC (IDC Blackbook March 2011 Ed.), enterprise IT spending in Indonesia is worth $2.89 billion in 2011, about the same size as consumer IT spending. About 28% of that spending goes to software and services, including mobility applications… and about 36% goes to devices – including post-PC-era tablets and smartphones.

So why not? Because catering for enterprise market is a different game. Take this opportunity to learn and understand this market. Join us with exciting and insightful speakers from:

• Ad-Ins (http://www.ad-ins.com)
• Pravina (http://www.mypravina.com)
• Tagit (http://www.tagitmobile.com)
• and Research In Motion

to explore about mobility life in enterprise environment.

Event detail:

We would like to acknowledge as well and to express a special thanks for Research In Motion the inventor of BlackBerry for their annual Platinum Sponsorship in 2011/2012.

See you there!

Hi MobileMonday!

Buka Bersama MobileMonday Indonesia will feature a topic dear to every developers and mobile enthusiasts: mobile apps… Hot-hot-hot space to be, complex and competitive as it can be. One analyst estimated that by 2012 the global mobile app market could worth $17.5bio with no less than 50bio downloads (Sizing App the Global Mobile App Market, Chetan Sharma, 2010). The number can go to 183bio downloads by 2015 (IDC, 2011).

Indonesia is also leading in the mobile app, even with some of the latest technology, e.g. Apps with BBM capability. So… joining us for the event are:

• Iwan Rachmat (Senior Consultant, ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan) “Mobile Apps – Where Are You in The Value Chain?“
• Kevin Osmond (COO, Bouncity) on his Location-based Gaming Platform – Bouncity - need no further introduction…
  
• Sandy Colondam (Product Manager, Elasitas) “Menoo, what’s your menu today?” – a cool app that features augmented reality among other things
• Tjuk Indarsin (Business Development Manager, Seatech Infosys) “Book a Bird” – taxi apps are hot abroad, but nobody ever successfully launched it in Indonesia… what’s different now?

Special appearance from Johan Kremer from Research in Motion and friends from The Founder Institute Indonesia.

So be there!

• Date: Monday, 8 August 2011
• Time: 16.00 WIB (yes… 4 o’clock in the afternoon, so we can finish on time for BUBER)
• Place: The Only One Club, FX Sudirman, 5th Floor

Make sure you register and bring your confirmation email to the event. For registration please visit the link: http://www.mobilemonday.co.id/events/register-to-event

See you.