On that occasion, Stata also explain,
Koprol likely will not only cater to users from Indonesia, but also will be introduced to other countries, which still has many similar services.
It was also justified by the Country Editor
Yahoo Indonesia Budi Putra. According to Budi,
Koprol indeed globally will be introduced to several countries besides Indonesia.
"Like
Yahoo Mim [
Yahoo Meme], who came from Brazil but also introduced into other countries including Indonesia," said Budi to VIVAnews via telephone.
However, according to Budi,
Yahoo has not set for sure, in countries where it
Koprol be 'sold'. "While developing
Koprol in Indonesia first, we'll see the market anywhere that would be perfect."
Koprol initially a fun project that is run by three Satya Witoelar, Dawn Budiprasetyo, and Daniel Armanto. But lately, had developed into a fun project services that are popular in Indonesia, and finally
Koprol acquired by
Yahoo with the acquisition are undisclosed.
According to Stata,
Koprol.com acquisition last week, are consistent with
Yahoo's focus to encourage customization for its users. However, Stata
Koprol dismiss that acquisition is a substitution of the proposed acquisition of
Yahoo to the Foursquare which has not been done.
In April 2010,
Yahoo really had time to 'bargain' location-based services from New York, Foursquare, with the acquisition bid worth U.S. $ 100 million or around Rp 900 billion. But until now the acquisition does not occur.
Meanwhile, the acquisition of
Koprol also materialized after plans to acquire
Yahoo's news site Kapanlagi.com, never took place.
Koprol became Indonesia's first website that was acquired by
Yahoo.