Jakarta 70 % BLACKBERRY ILEGAL- The operator finally admitted, from the hundreds of thousands of BlackBerry devices in circulation in Indonesia, 70% of whom are illegal devices that enter through the black market aka black market (BM).One operator who claimed overwhelmed with BM products are Excelcomindo Pratama (XL). This operator has finally decided to stop marketing the smart phone directly besutan Research in Motion (RIM) since 2008.
"We handle sales of the BlackBerry dizzy. The price was never stable because blackmarket too much. Finally we decided to stop selling it and submit a purchase through our distributor partners," explained Handono Warih, Blackberry and 3G Broadband Manager for Enterprise & Carrier XL, in the event Talkshow BlackBerry Day, Jamsostek Tower, Jakarta, Thursday (04/23/2009).
Currently BlackBerry users in Indonesia reached 250 thousand. This figure is a combination of three operators, namely Indosat, XL, and Telkomsel.
Committee member Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body (BRTI) Heru Sutadi admitted, illegal circulation of BlackBerry in Indonesia is very high. "The value of the loss could even reach trillions of rupiah in the year," he said.
On the other hand, Group Head of Brand Marketing Indosat Teguh Prasetya, the growing BlackBerry market illegally should be a challenge for operators to better develop a more optimal service innovation, while seeking a more affordable price of the device.
"With the higher official Blackberry sales growth in Indonesia will trigger lower prices. It is not impossible if the price will go down up to Rp 1 million," he hoped.
Teguh explained, BlackBerry officially marketed through partner operators has many advantages, among others, to facilitate the registration service, has many variations of content and applications, sales service, and other technical assistance.
"Therefore, we and other operators will aggressively campaigned together for the user
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