Jakarta, 27th May 2013 - With the rising importance of communities as the supporting partner in every activities, Indosat launched"ICITY Forum"for all its user communities. The forum is Asia Pacific's first crowd sourcing platform. The forum also pioneered the online forum catering specifically to Indonesia's Telco subscribers. Thissolution-basedforum can be accessed through website, or handset at http://icity.indosat.com. The name ICITY was selected by the forum members, which was previously known as Forum Ngobrol Bareng. Crowd Sourcing Platform is a platform that becomes a forum or communication media where the members can seek for information, solution as well as sharing their experiences.

The ICITY forum, which was previously known asForum Ngobrol Barengand launched on 12 September 2012, has more than5.500 members,consists of more than34.000 posts, and boasts its exclusiveBank Solusi Komunitasfeature. The company also developed aFacebook Application specifically for the forumto make it easier for the users to access information and solutions, and they can continue interacting with the other user communities without ever have to leave their Facebook page. The ICITY Forum is built upon theLithium platform, which was also utilized by world's best brands, such as AT&T, Telstra, Vodafone, Google, Skype, Lenovo, Sephora, HP, McDonalds, etc.

Serving its purpose as anOnline Support Community, ICITY forum has four main categories:Blog & Panduan, Gadget, Indosat Services, and Komunitas. There are activities to join as well, which are:Tanya Komunitas, Cari Solusi, Info Gadget, Info Indosat,andDukungan Komunitas. The forum is more enjoyable thanks to ranks and rewarding system as well as online badge for members with active contribution. The IndosatBlackberry Community, Indosat Android CommunityandSahabat IM3has joined earlier and played a significant role in helping to build the forum from the ground up.

Director & Chief Comercial Officer of Indosat, Erik Meijer, said that, "Forum ICITY serves as an effective solution for the subcscribers to solve any service problems that they might encounter, plus, they can also discuss & share information. Hopefully, the Forum can be the preferred and fun discussion place where people can share info and solutions related to technology, Indosat's services, to the activities of each and every member of the communities."

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