Tag Archive for ‘Hotel Borobudur’ at LIRNEasia

Tag Archive for 'Hotel Borobudur'

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Deadline: 05 December 2008.

Indonesia: Telecom regulator rewards operators: But are they the best?

on November 11, 2008

Indonesia Telecom Regulator, Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia (BRTI) rewarded telecom operators and stakeholders in a ceremony held on Nov 10 at Hotel Borobudur. Bakrie Telecom (Btel) received the Best Achievement Award for fixed line category, and Indosat was the best in cellular category. The selections were said to be based on consumer satisfaction and brand popularity (55% marks) and network performance (45%) and conducted by an independent research institution Frontier.

The winners:

Best Achievement Award (Fixed Line): Bakrie Telecom, Runner up: PT Telkom
Best Achievement Award (Cellular): PT Indosat, Runner up: Excelcomindo Pratama
Award of Appreciation (Print Media): “Bisnis Indonesia”
Award of Appreciation (Broadcast Media): Metro TV
Award of Appreciation (Online Media): detikcom (detikINET)
Lifetime Achievement: Arnold P. Djiwatampu

(Reported by Juni Soehardjo in Jakarta)

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LIRNEasia holds final HazInfo Workshop in Jakarta

Natasha Udu-Gama

on March 6, 2008

Yesterday, 5 March 2008, LIRNEasia, with its Indonesian partner, the Indonesian Institute for Disaster Preparedness (IIDP), held the final HazInfo workshop at the Hotel Borobudur in Jakarta, Indonesia. The “Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning: Community-based Last-Mile Warning Systems” workshop included several highlights such as a testimonial from an Aceh survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami; informative presentations from the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), KOGAMI Padang, GTZ-GITEWS, Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics (BMG) and the University of Syiah Kuala, Aceh. The workshop encouraged animated discussion on the importance of community-based early warning systems, training, and the necessity for information to follow warning.

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