JAKARTA, July 25 Asia Pulse - Internet giant Google is planning to expand its presence in Indonesia, starting with the opening of an office here this year, officials said last weekend.
Yopie Hidayat, the vice presidential spokesman, said the business would be similar to what Google did in China, where it helped connect small- and medium-sized enterprises to buyers in the rest of the world.
They said they would open an office hereideally before 2012, Yopie told reporters after Vice President Boedino's meeting with Google chief Eric Schmidt.
According to Yopie, the investment would involve setting up a network with local companies that would benefit from the trading efficiency provided by digital connectivity.
Schmidt declined to elaborate on the details of what business Google was specifically interested in expanding in Indonesia, saying only that negotiations with the government were ongoing.
He said, however, the increasing Internet and mobile penetration in Southeast Asia's largest economy, along with the high use of its search engine, made Indonesia interesting to Google.
Schmidt also said he saw an opportunity in the problems posed by the country's large and scattered land area.
The best way to solve the isolation of the islands is to get them connected to the Internet, he was quoted as saying by the newspaper Jakarta Globe.
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