Indonesia Will Be the Biggest BlackBerry Users

The number of BlackBerry users in Indonesia that currently range from 300-400 thousand subscribers, is projected to be the largest in the world in the near future. Naturally, the growth of smart phones made by Research in Motion (RIM) was shot almost 500% last year.


Although RIM BlackBerry manufacturer pinsipal troubled about the middle of a service center in Indonesia - which impact the certification suspended imports of goods, but the fact remains not deter many people to continue to subscribe to the BlackBerry. The phone manufacturer is constantly hunted Canadian customers, either through operator partners and parallel importers.

"BlackBerry users most of the world is now in the United States (U.S.) and Canada. In the U.S. alone about one million users. I think that Indonesia would soon surpass that figure," said Chief Marketing Officer of Indosat, Guntur Siboro,

In Indonesia alone, the operator who has been a partner in organizing access to RIM and BlackBerry are pretty much marketing. Since Indosat pioneered the service in late 2004, gradually joined other operators follow suit, such as Telkomsel, Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) in xl-blackberry, and last Natrindo Cellular Phone (Axis) .

Do not stop there, Smart Telecom and Hutchison CP Telecom (Tri / 3) reportedly also will join partners to deploy RIM BlackBerry access. Not to forget Telkom (Flexi), Bakrie Telecom and Mobile-8 Telecom is reportedly also quite interested. So, we can be sure with the increasing number of service providers, the BlackBerry will further boom in Indonesia.

Strengthen the Network

Indosat as the pioneer of the BlackBerry, certainly do not want to lose competitiveness with its competitors. For the sake of maintaining quality customer service, the operator seeks to continue to strengthen access to its network connection that connects directly to the RIM servers in Canada.

Bandwidth capacity dedicated them to the server principal BlackBerry plus, from 20 Mbps to 50 Mbps. The increase this time is a continuation of the previous link capacity, who from 10 Mbps to 20 Mbps, March 2009.

Well, since its capacity increased to 150%, Indosat BlackBerry users should be able to more easily access the Internet, send an email attachment, and of course chat via BlackBerry Messenger.

"It's part of our efforts to improve the quality of customer service BlackBerry Indosat. So they can enjoy access to services faster and reliable," said Gunter.

Increased capacity backbone to this RIM Indosat also performed as part of a trend in anticipation of the addition of BlackBerry customers in Indonesia. Currently users Indosat has more than 120 thousand subscribers.