Telkomsel starts to share information on their customers’ statistics. As cited from Vivanews, from 103 million registered users (according to Wireless Intelligence data), 40 million of them or almost 40% has subscribed data package to access internet. As explained by Heru Sukendro, General Manager, Device Bundling Management of Telkomsel, from 40 million users subscribing data package for internet, 3.5 million of them are BlackBerry users while 6 million others are broadband (Internet modem) users.

From the revenue perpective, Telkomsel got quite big chunk from BlackBerry users. In general, Kartu Halo users (who use BlackBerry Internet Service) spend IDR 350.000 for a month, while the scheme for Simpati and Kartu As spend about IDR 200.000 and IDR 125.000 for a month. As comparison, ARPU of Telkomsel modem broadband users is IDR 70.000 for a month. Telkomsel’s ARPU in general based on Wireless Intelligent data is $13.69 ( IDR 121.000).

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