Google Aims to Open Local Office in Indonesia Soon - Google Inc. aims to open a local office in Indonesia in recognition of the strong growth in the number of Internet users in the country, a spokesman for Indonesia's vice president said Friday.
"The vice president and Google's chairman held a meeting where Google expressed their interest to invest here and open a local office before 2012," Yopie Hidayat told reporters.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Vice President Boediono, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said the company is looking to expand its operations in Indonesia. He didn't provide a time frame or say how much the company plans to invest.
"You already have large Facebook and Twitter communities. You have very high Google use already...There are 50 million small businesses in Indonesia, I had no idea it was that large. Those (small businesses) will be the engine of growth for the future economy," said Schmidt.
"Indonesia has (a) problem: you have 17,000 islands. So the best way to solve the isolation of the islands is to get them connected to the Internet," he added. ( Dow Jones )
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