Inroads into the Indonesia Information and Communication Technology Market

In this document, we also look at the industry events, user trends, and vendor strategies that could uniquely define the IT and telecommunications market in 2005. Drawing from IDC's local and worldwide supply- and demand-side research, this study weighs in IDC's consensus on the key trends to watch out in the Indonesia ICT market in 2005.

"Although Indonesia is one of the smallest IT spending countries, the country's IT spending grew 11% to reach US$1.5 billion from 2003 to 2004. With a new government that promotes democracy and a strong GDP forecast, IDC expects that IT spending will grow 11.9% to reach US$1.7 billion in 2005," says Huei Min Lee, research manager, Telecommunications Research, IDC Malaysia.