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The operator of Indonesia's biggest port has changed its name and adopted the motto "Energizing Trade, Energizing Indonesia." The Indonesian Port Corporation (IPC) is spending huge sums to make Indonesia a regional hub for seaborne trade

Just as New York has its yellow cabs so Jakarta and other Indonesian cities have their blue taxis. Indonesia's best-known cab firm is part of a group with diversified interests

Advancing Indonesia's telecoms is central to the success of the government's push to develop soft infrastructure under its MP3EI master plan for economic development

Generated and stored in the earth, geothermal energy is cheap, reliable, sustainable, environmentally friendly and renewable - and Indonesia has more of it than any other country. Now steps are being taken to make use of it

Private companies big and small are turning Indonesia's potential for geothermal energy into a reality

Indonesia sits on a wealth of buried treasure - a wide range of mineral and energy resources that the world needs - and activity is gaining pace as the mining sector strives to meet demand at home and abroad

CBM - coal bed methane - is a highly promising new frontier in natural gas development. The entry of multi-national oil companies looks set to boost its economic prospects further - and visionary Indonesian outfit Ephindo is also keen to play its part

Adaro Energy is tipped to be one of the world's top three thermal coal exporters by 2015, while its principal backer - the impressively resourced Saratoga Capital - is assisting the move towards gas, hydro and other energies

The new and rapidly developing Apple Coal company (Indonesia) has proven to be a robust presence in the region, distinguished by its unfaltering commitment to the support and development of the domestic economy - and being a much welcomed boon to the prosperity of the native Indonesian workforce

With more than 17,000 islands, 580 different languages and dialects, and some 26 religions, Indonesia has held itself together phenomenally well since its independence from the Netherlands in 1949. And, in light of the uprisings in the Muslim world last year, Indonesia can be considered a role model for the peaceful co-existence of Islam with other religions