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BlackBerry’s Indonesian problems

By AP News Thu, Dec 15, 2011 11:21AM UTC View Comments

Government threatens a shutdown, reports Asia Sentinel Research in Motion, the Canada-based manufacturer of the popular BlackBerry communications device, faces growing trouble that appear to be coming to a head from government regulators in Indonesia, its second-biggest global market. The Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body is threatening to cut off RIM’s internet access after the company...

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RIM Indonesia boss suspect in BlackBerry chaos

By AP News Mon, Dec 05, 2011 2:08PM UTC View Comments

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Police say a senior executive of Canada’s Research In Motion is a suspect in last month’s stampede at a BlackBerry promotion in Indonesia. Police spokesman Col. Baharudin Djafar said Monday that several people fainted and dozens were injured at the global debut of the BlackBerry Bold 9790. The $540 phones —...

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BlackBerry suffers identity crisis

By Sriram Vadlamani Mon, Oct 31, 2011 4:38PM UTC View Comments

The BlackBerry smartphone from RIM now has a confused corporate image. It no longer stands for the things it used to. Blackberry used to be a brand of smartphones which came with a nifty keypad. Blackberry used to be associated with business savvy people. It used to be the image for security. Now that image...

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Indonesia threatens BlackBerry tax hike over Malaysia move

By Daily Social Thu, Sep 08, 2011 4:01AM UTC View Comments

Tweet If you had been following my tweets yesterday or read the news online elsewhere you would have known that the Indonesian government is planning to exact revenge on Research In Motion (RIM) for setting up manufacturing operations in Malaysia by imposing additional tax on imported BlackBerry devices. Indonesia and its government has long held...

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BlackBerry continues to dominate in Indonesia – but for how long?

By Jon Russell Mon, Jul 25, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

Android is often heralded as the mobile device operating system best placed to find mass popularity in developing regions like Asia thanks to the sheer level of support across the mobile phone industry, which gives the platform a wide range of devices to suit all budgets. While Android has established itself as the most popular...

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