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Spire discusses e-commerce strategies suited to the Indonesia market Spire was honoured to participate at the GATES Indonesia ICT Reseller Channel Summit 2018. The Summit was held on 1-3 May, 2018 in Bali. Jeffrey Bahar, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Spire Research and Consulting group and Indah Muliana, Senior Manager, shared insights on the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Indonesia, focusing on market trends and challenges. Bahar and Muliana discussed the growth of the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) market, its rapid expansion and the challenges faced by e-commerce businesses in Indonesia. Due to the rise in internet penetration with more online transactions, Indonesia’s ICT spending is expected to reach USD28.4 billion by 2020 whereas end-user device spending is set to increase 18% by 2020. As Indonesia’s internet user population reaches 143.26 million in 2017, 90% are using smartphones and close to 65% peop

Spire returns as the Official Research partner for GATES Indonesia ICT Reseller Channel Summit 2018 once more! The summit will be held between 1-3 May at the Grand Mirage Resorts & Thalasso, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. As one of the research partners, Spire will address the growing impact of online businesses on traditional retail channels in Indonesia. With such crucial information, vendors can prepare for opportunities and challenges head on. The channel industry in Indonesia still continues to face difficulties handling growth, industry consolidation, changing user expectations as well as technological landscape transformations. Join us to get insights directly from channel partners of well known vendors like Intel, Red Hat, Cisco and so much more! Register today! https://www.spireresearch.com/newsroom/events/gates-indonesia-ict-reseller-channel-summit-2018-returns/

The Net neutrality bug is here in India. This refers to the notion of fair treatment of online traffic so as to encourage access to all websites at a constant speed and with the same cost. The bone of contention was Airtel – a leading Indian telecom company – which recently launched a new marketing platform called ‘Airtel Zero’ where online businesses would pay to have visitors browse their sites for free. This created an uproar, as many demanded that the internet remain a neutral zone where all data should be accessible. The issue has picked up steam in India – one of the biggest internet markets with 180 million users. As of April 2015, more than 800,000 Indians joined this campaign within the first week of its launch by activists. Is net neutrality an achievable goal in India and globally? https://www.spireresearch.com/newsroom/spirethoughts/net-neutrality-goes-viral-in-india/