Globalization and free market conditions (such as the ASEAN Economic Community), offer opportunities to enhance the exchange of goods and services between countries. However, it also requires good language and communication skills. Without these skills nations only have limited advantage of the freer flow of trade and services because the difficulty of communicating can undermine the flow of trade and investments.

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Erajaya Swasembada is the market leader for the distribution of mobile communication products in Indonesia. The Erajaya Group is the official distributor for ten international brands of smartphones, tablets, and android devices. These include Nokia, Apple, Samsung, Blackberry, Acer, Dell, HTC, Motorola, Sony, LG, Huawei and Venera. The Erajaya Group has grown into a large distribution network made up of 70 distribution branches, 236 stores in 27 cities and partnerships with more than 16,000 third-party re-sellers.

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Indonesia Investments presents the updated company profile of Indosat, one of the largest telecommunication networks and services providers of Indonesia. The company currently has about 57 million cellular subscribers and a market share of around 20 percent. In the first half of 2013, Indosat's net loss was IDR 231.2 billion (USD $21.0 million) particularly caused by increasing telecommunication service costs, depreciation and amortization expenses, as well as labor costs.

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Today, Statistics Indonesia released Indonesia's economic growth figure for the first quarter of 2013. Compared to Q1-2012, Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.02 percent. This growth was supported by almost every sector except for Mining and Extracting, which fell 0.43 percent (YoY), indicating that natural resources are still not back on track. The largest contributor to Indonesia's Q1-2013 growth is Transportation and Communication, which grew 9.98 percent.

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