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Jumat, 19/02/2010 17:19 WIB IMOCA Ditelikung Dua Kali oleh Kominfo Ardhi Suryadhi - detikinet Ilustrasi (Ist.) Jakarta - Indonesia Mobile & Online Content Provider Association (IMOCA) menyatakan kekecewaannya terhadap kinerja Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika. Asosiasi konten tersebut merasa sudah ditelikung dua kali. Dijelaskan Ketua IMOCA A. Haryawirasma, kejadian pertama berlangsung sekitar tahun 2007-2008 dalam diskusi pembahasan kode etik jasa konten SMS premium. IMOCA mengaku dilibatkan dalam perumusan aturan tersebut. Tapi hasil akhirnya justru mengecewakan mereka. Yaitu disahkannya Permenkominfo No.1/2009 yang menetapkan bahwa penyelenggara jasa pesan SMS premium adalah penyelenggara jasa telekomunikasi. Ujung-ujungnya, penyedia konten diharuskan membayar BHP telekomunikasi 1% dari pendapatan kotor ditambah wacana pungutan USO (Universal Services Obligation) sebesar 0,75% yang juga da

http://www.infrastructurist.com/ CHINA HIGH SPEED RAIL Just How 'Invincible' Is China's High Speed Rail? It's Hurting Air Travel Posted on Wednesday February 10th by Melissa Lafsky |  3,335 High speed rail has been undeniably successful for China. So successful, in fact, that it's putting a massive dent in the airline industry.  BusinessWeek reports : China Southern Airlines Co., the nation's largest carrier, and Air China Ltd. are slashing prices to compete with the country's new high-speed trains in a battle that Europe's airlines have largely already ceded. Competition from trains that can travel at 350 kilometers per hour (217 miles per hour) is forcing the carriers to cut prices as much as 80 percent at a time when they are already in a round of mergers to lower costs. Passengers choosing railways over airlines will also erode a market that Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS are banking on to provide ab